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RECREATION AND THE ARTS

were able to benefit from the expert tuition provided by nine musicians from China, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, as well as to enjoy a programme of recreational and social activities.

Other activities included exhibitions of musical instruments, music lectures and music competitions to promote harmonious family life. These activities are organised on a district basis, aimed at educating and encouraging participation of the public in music activities.

A major regular activity of the Music Office is the 'Music for the Millions' concert programme, which introduces music to new audiences. Concerts are given by the Music Office Instructors' Orchestras, bands and ensembles in schools, playground, hospitals, shopping malls and community halls. This year, 393 concerts were staged for 214 621 persons.

Jockey Club Music Fund

The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund was set up in December 1979 with a donation of $10 million from the Jockey Club for the promotion and development of music, dance and other related activities. It is a non-statutory trust fund, administered by a board of trustees of 10 members. The fund awarded 140 grants and six scholarships totalling $1.9 million in 1988, enabling young people to study music and dance abroad and assisting local schools and organisations to acquire musical instruments and dance equipment.

Books Registration Office

The Books Registration Office is responsible for the enforcement of the Books Registration Ordinance (Cap 142) which stipulates that all publishers should submit their new pub- lications to the office for registration. A catalogue of books so registered is published quarterly in the Special Supplement No. 4 to the Hong Kong Government Gazette.

In 1988, the office registered 6 986 publications - 2 481 in Chinese, 4 316 in English, and 189 in other languages.

The office also liaises with the International Standard Book Numbering Agency and local publishers in assigning international standard book numbers. During the year, the office assigned 116 publishers' identifiers upon the request of publishers.

Antiquities and Monuments Office

The Antiquities Advisory Board, established by law in 1977, is headed by an appointed chairman and has 13 members drawn from a variety of disciplines, such as archaeology, history, architecture, anthropology and geology. Two sub-committees deal with the two major aspects of its work, namely historical buildings and structures, and archaeology and palaeontology.

Under the guidance of the board, the Antiquities and Monuments Office continued an active programme of recording, protecting, preserving and restoring the archaeological and historical heritage of the territory and informing the public about heritage preservation.

Restoration of Tai Fu Tai, made possible by a donation of $2.5 million by the Jockey Club was completed during the year, together with Gate House of Kun Lung Wai, an important walled village at Fanling, the Tung Chung Fort at Lantau and the Hakka House at Chai Wan. The Hakka House will be opened to the public as a branch museum of the Hong Kong Museum of History.

With the help of students from the two universities, the territory-wide survey of historical villages and structures continued throughout the summer in the Lam Tsuen Valley and Kung Lung Hang, Tai Po.