説明：

1. Hakka Affairs Council letter No. 1086101145 dated July 19, 2019 (see Attachment 1).

2. The aforementioned educational promotion activities will be held from Friday, August 9, 2019, to Saturday, October 19, 2019, in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, Kaohsiung, and other locations. The activities include 2 traditional folk song workshops, 3 chorus workshops, 2 a cappella workshops, and 1 a cappella teacher training camp (see Attachment 2). Teachers and choir conductors from all schools are welcome to participate.

3. Please inform your subordinates to jointly promote and encourage enthusiastic participation. Official leave will be granted to participants of the workshops. For colleagues from various agencies who wish to participate in the workshops and the a cappella teacher training camp, 2 hours of lifelong learning hours for civil servants will be granted for each workshop, and 12 hours for the training camp.

4. In addition, the Hakka Affairs Council is organizing the "2019 Hakka Choir Competition." The competition is scheduled to be held on December 7 and 8, 2019, at the Performance Hall of the Hsinchu County Government Cultural Affairs Bureau. The competition categories include chorus (children and youth group, adolescent group, social group, and golden age group), traditional folk songs, and modern a cappella, totaling 3 categories and 6 groups. Registration is open from now until September 30, 2019. Please encourage your affiliated (supervised) choirs to participate enthusiastically.

5. For details on the educational promotion and competition activities, please visit the "2019 Hakka Choir Competition" website (https://www.hakkachoir.com/).