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Guide to Classical Music in Hong Kong |
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Newsgroups There are a few newsgroups related to classical music in the region and they are all bilingual (Chinese and English). 3Home.net: 3music.classical In early March 2008, some subscribers of the FreeForum newsgroup music.classical brought the news of the imminent shutdown of FreeForum. As most subscribers agreed to move to this 3Home.net newsgroup, it quickly became the most popular classical music newsgroup in the region. FreeForum: music.classical [web version] In March 1999, a local ISP set up a public news server to host moderated newsgroups and music.classic was one of them. Since October that year, local classical music enthusiasts who used to subscribe to the Usenet newsgroup (see below) continue their discussions here. The newsgroup was renamed to music.classical on Nov. 6, 2000 to better reflect the genre of the music being discussed. Usenet: hk.rec.music.classical The unmoderated Usenet newsgroup hk.rec.music.classical was created in April 1998 for the discussion of classical music and related events/subjects in Hong Kong. Unfortunately, not all ISPs carry this newsgroup and therefore many people cannot access it from their news clients directly. In addition, the amount of spams has increased to an unacceptable level and most people have ceased posting to this newsgroup by the end of 1999. newsgroup.com.hk [web site]: Others |