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SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1994

AND INTRODUCING THE POINT ELECTRICAL

APART FROM FORMULATING LEGISLATION SYSTEM, THE DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO STEPPED UP INSPECTIONS OF FACILITIES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES AND FACTORIES, HE SAID.

THIS

YEAR,

EMSD HAD

"IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2,800 INSPECTIONS RELATING TO ELECTRICITY SAFETY.

WOULD BE ASKED

TO

CONDUCTED

ABOUT

IMPROVE ANY ELECTRICAL "THE OPERATORS FACILITIES NOT CONFORMING WITH SAFETY REQUIREMENTS," MR TONG STRESSED.

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YOUNG MUSICIANS TO TOUR BEIJING AND TIANJIN

FOR

EIGHTY MUSICIANS OF THE 1994 HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA THE MUSIC OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH LEFT BEIJING THIS (SATURDAY) AFTERNOON ON A 10-DAY TOUR IN CHINA.

UNDER

KI-LING, UNDER THE BATON OF ITS MUSIC CONDUCTOR, MR LUI

AND TIANJIN, ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM A SERIES OF CONCERTS IN BEIJING

BISSHU INCLUDING PERFORMANCES IN THE BEIJING CONCERT HALL AND TIANJIN THEATRE.

THE

AND

THE OBJECTIVE OF THE TOUR IS PARTLY TO PROMOTE FRIENDSHIP CULTURAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN YOUNG MUSICIANS IN THE TWO PLACES AND PARTLY TO BROADEN THEIR EXPERIENCE.

MR LUI SAID THE REPERTOIRE OF THE FAMOUS PIECES FROM WESTERN AND CHINESE COMPOSERS.

ORCHESTRA

WOULD

INCLUDE

MAJOR,

8 "SYMPHONY NO. PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE DVORAK'S

OP. 88", TCHAIKOVSKY'S "VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME, OP. AND CHAN WING-WAH'S "EXPOSE FOR ORCHESTRA"

IN G

33"

•

MEMBERS OF THE 1994 HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY

ORCHESTRA CHINA

TOUR ARE AGED FROM 11 TO 21.

1978 ΤΟ

THE HONG KONG YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WAS FORMED IN PROVIDE ORCHESTRAL TRAINING FOR YOUNG INSTRUMENTALISTS.

SINCE

THEY THEN

INTENSIVE

TAILOR-MADE RECEIVING HAVE BEEN TRAINING AND HAVE JUST COMPLETED A TRAINING PROGRAMME IN THE 1994 HONG KONG YOUTH MUSIC CAMP.

THEY HAVE GIVEN OVERSEAS PERFORMANCES IN UNITED STATES IN RECENT YEARS,

SINGAPORE AND THE

THE GROUP WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON AUGUST 22.

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