The main objectives of the Music Office are to promote general music education in the community, especially among young people, develop public interest in music and to foster the sharing of music among local young musicians and their counterparts all over the world. The Music Office runs 18 youth orchestras, bands and choirs with 1 350 members. In 2005, it organised an instrumental music training scheme for 4 500 trainees, short-term music interest courses for 2 000 participants, and 390 music activities to entertain a total 182 000 people. Other major events included a music camp, youth music 'interflows', and music exchange programmes for local, Mainland and overseas young musicians.