--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

10,000 Youth Perform for HKSAR Anniversary Celebration
To celebrate the fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), some 10,000 musicians from China's mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan gave a concert Tuesday night.

The concert titled "The Music of the Dragons" opened with a percussion piece, which aimed to set a new Guinness world record as a work performed by over 10,000 artists.

Rosanna Wong, chairman of the Hong Kong Organizing Committee of the concert, said they organized the concert "in the hope that the joy and spirit of the occasion may really be brought to life."

The concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum rallied 600 young persons from the mainland, Macao and Taiwan, and 9,500 from Hong Kong who were both performers and audience for this unique and historic event.

The concert, with the theme of "Achievements in the Past and Plans for the Future," was designed to provide the youth with an opportunity to review the past and to look forward to the future, Wong noted.

The record-breaking percussion piece included various percussion instruments such as cow bell, hand drum, rocka, guiro, maraca and triangle.

Under the baton of conductor Yip Wing-sie, these young talents then performed much-loved classical orchestral pieces featuring the erhu and violin, as well as popular pipa and choral renditions.

The young musicians were joined by renowned artists as Li Yundi, Wang Jian, Liao Changyong, Wu Bixia, Li Chuanyun, Zhang Hongyan, Hsin Hsiao-hung, Chau Chin-tung and pop singers Elva Hsiao and Eason Chan.

Henry Ying Tung Fok, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Tung Chee Hwa and leaders of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong SAR, the Office of Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Hong Kong SAR, and the PLA Hong Kong Garrison were present at the concert.

The concert was jointly presented by the Home Affairs Bureau, All-China Youth Federation, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups.

(Xinhua News Agency July 2, 2002)

'One Country, Two Systems' Entirely Workable: Jiang
Jiang Expects New Economic Landscape in Hong Kong
Jiang Zemin Attends HKSAR Anniversary Celebrations
HKSAR Govt Report On The Past Five Years Released
HKSAR to Uphold Highest Standard of Law
Activities in Full Swing to Mark HKSAR's 5th Anniversary
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688