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Doctors' orchestra plays for children

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HKMA Orchestra concerts have raised HK$5 million over the past 12 years

Zenith Wu works with his hands. He's an aspiring surgeon, and recently he's been trying to be as nimble on the valves of his trumpet as he is with a scalpel.

Wu, 23, is the youngest member of the Hong Kong Medical Association Orchestra, which is playing for charity for children on Sunday. Although it promises to be great fun, he wants to play well, too.

"To me, music is like a second career," he says.

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The Animal Story Music Festival consists of two Easter concerts, one narrated in Cantonese and the other in English. Established in 1989, the orchestra has about 70 members - mostly doctors but also some from other professions. Over the years, the concert has raised more than HK$5 million.

"I appreciate the fact that the members in the orchestra are all very charity-minded," says Dr Alvin Chan Yee-shing, vice-president of the Hong Kong Medical Association.

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Half of the tickets are being distributed free to socially deprived or disabled children, and the event is as much a social mixer as it is a concert.

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