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MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1993

BEEN VERY

PROVED THAT THE EFFECTIVE IN DETERRING RED

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THESE PRELIMINARY RESULTS RED LIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM HAD LIGHT VIOLATIONS.

ANY

SIGNS OF

"EVEN THOUGH IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY WHETHER IT HAS BROUGHT

THERE ARE ALREADY SOME REAL IMPROVEMENT IN ROAD SAFETY, REACHING THIS GOAL, HE SAID.

**

HAND PLAN IS ALSO IN

THE

BE

то EXPAND THE SYSTEM TO COVER MORE JUNCTIONS SUBJECT TO

ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

WILL EXPANSION IMPLEMENTED IN STAGES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, HE ADDED.

YOUTH STRING MUSIC FESTIVAL STARTS IN NOVEMBER

A TOTAL OF 900 YOUNG STRING MUSIC PLAYERS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER TO FOSTER THEIR MUSICAL TALENTS AND DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL IN THE 1993 HONG KONG YOUTH STRING MUSIC FESTIVAL TO BE HELD FROM NOVEMBER 20 TO 28.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE ENTERTAINED WITH A SERIES OF CONCERTS, LECTURES AND MASTER CLASSES DURING THE NINE-DAY FESTIVAL ORGANISED BY THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH.

TWO RENOWNED MUSICIANS, AMERICAN CELLIST MR TIMOTHY LANDAUER AND RUSSIAN VIOLINIST MR EDWARD GRACH, HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PERFORM AND CONDUCT MASTER CLASSES DURING THE PERIOD.

THE FESTIVAL WILL KICK OFF WITH A VIOLIN SOLO CONTEST AT THE SHA TIN TOWN HALL ON NOVEMBER 20. A NUMBER OF STRING ENSEMBLES FROM PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS WILL COMPETE FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

STRING MUSIC LOVERS SHOULD NOT MISS THE STRING INTERFLOW CONCERT IN WHICH 600 TEENAGE MUSICIANS FROM 11 SCHOOLS WILL PERFORM A NUMBER OF FAMOUS CLASSICAL PIECES AT THE ACADEMIC COMMUNITY HALL ON NOVEMBER 21 AT 2 PM.

MASTER

THE AMERICAN CELLIST, MR TIMOTHY LANDAUER, WILL CONDUCT CLASSES ON "CELLO" FROM NOVEMBER 22 TO 25 AT THE SHA TIN, MONG KOK, TSUEN WAN AND HONG KONG MUSIC CENTRE RESPECTIVELY AT 4.30 PM.

KOK

AT THE SAME TIME, MASTER CLASSES ON "VIOLIN" WILL BE CONDUCTED MR EDWARD GRACH AT THE TSUEN WAN, HONG KONG, SHA TIN AND MONG MUSIC CENTRES.

BY

IN ADDITION, THERE WILL BE A CHAMBER CONCERT HELD AT THE KONG CULTURAL CENTRE ON NOVEMBER 26 AT 8 PM.

HONG

THE CLIMAX OF THE FESTIVAL WILL BE MARKED

FOR PERFORMING ARTS CONCERT AT THE HONG KONG ACADEMY

BY

THE AT

CONCERTO

3 PM ON

NOVEMBER 28.

/TAKING PART