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Scholarship Awarding Ceremony 2011-12

Speech of Miss Salina YAN J.P, Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs
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Speech of Mr LEE King-ting, Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund

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Image for Mr Douglas SO, Executive Director of Charities of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, awarded a music scholarship to Mr NG Ka-chun

From Image left: Miss CHAN Nga-shan, Mr CHEN Lei, Mr Frank LEE, Miss Saline YAN, Mr Douglas SO, Miss Rachel CHEUNG, Mr NG Ka-chun and Mr PAW Man-hing

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Six young talents have been awarded scholarships by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Music and Dance Fund for the year 2011 – 2012.

This year’s Scholarship Awarding Ceremony was held on 13 July 2011 at the Hong Kong Central Library and attended by Miss Salina YAN, JP, Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs; Mr Frank LEE, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the HKJCMDF; Mr Douglas SO, representative from the Hong Kong Jockey Club; Dr CHAN Hing-yan, Chairman of Audition Panel (Music) 2011–2012; and Members of the Board of Trustees including Mr Ivan CHU, Mr MA Ching-cheng, Mr Frankie WU, Professor YU Siu-wah and Professor Kevin THOMPSON....read more

Two dance scholarships and four music scholarships totaling some $2.14 million have been awarded to six recipients, including Miss CHAN Nga-shan, Mr CHEN Lei, Mr CHEN Yeung-ping, Miss CHEUNG Wai-ching, Rachel, Mr NG Ka-chun and Mr PAW Man-hing. Miss CHAN Nga-shan will pursue study in dance movement psychotherapy in the United Kingdom while Mr CHEN Lei will take up a choreography and research programme in Beijing Dance Academy. With their music scholarships, Mr CHEN Yeung-ping, Mr NG Ka-chun, Miss CHEUNG Wai-ching, Rachel and Mr PAW Man-hing will undertake further study in their chosen fields, namely composition, piano performance and horn performance, in the United States.

The five scholarship awardees attending today’s ceremony gratefully acknowledged the funding support from the HKJCMDF and undertook to make the best of the opportunity of pursuing advance programmes in music or dance overseas. They will contribute to the development of arts in Hong Kong upon completion of their courses.