XN000022-1990-07-30 — Page 3

MONDAY, JULY 30, 1990

"THE RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRE THOROUGH EXAMINATION BECAUSE OF THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SUBJECT.

SUPPLY

"NEVERTHELESS, GUIDELINES ON THE HANDLING OF OXYGEN FOR MEDICAL USE HAVE BEEN ISSUED TO ALL HOSPITALS IN ORDER TO ENSURE PATIENT SAFETY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

WERE

HE ADDED THAT ENQUIRIES BY THE FSD INTO THE LATEST INCIDENT CONTINUING IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.

CHINESE MUSIC UNITES PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS

CHINESE

DAYS TO

MUSIC HAS TAKEN ON A DIFFERENT MEANING THESE THE PEOPLE IN VANCOUVER. IT ACTS TO CONNECT AND UNITE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

THESE CHANGES WERE PARTICULARLY EVIDENT FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF A GROUP OF 66 TALENTED YOUNG MUSICIANS FROM THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA TO VANCOUVER LAST SUNDAY (JULY 22). THE GROUP IS CURRENTLY ON A TWO-WEEK GOODWILL CONCERT TOUR OF NORTH AMERICA.

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ARE HERE TO INTRODUCE LOVELY CHINESE MUSIC TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE WESTERN COMMUNITY, MUSIC ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MUSIC OFFICE, MRS AGNES ALLCOCK, WHO ORGANISED THE TOUR, SAID.

CONCERTS IN

THE ORCHESTRA HAS GIVEN FOUR HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL VANCOUVER INCLUDING ONE AT THE PRESTIGIOUS ORPHEUM THEATRE WEDNESDAY (JULY 25).

IT ENTHRALLED

ON

AUDIENCES, CHINESE AND WESTERNERS ALIKE, WITH RENDITIONS OF BOTH TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY CHINESE MUSIC INTERPRETED ON ETHNIC CHINESE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, SOME OF WHICH HAVE A HISTORY OF OVER 3,000 YEARS.

"I HAVE NEVER HEARD CHINESE MUSIC BEFORE AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT COULD BE SO BEAUTIFUL, AN IMPRESSED CANADIAN SAID AFTER LISTENING TO THE ORCHESTRA'S PERFORMANCE AT THE SEA FESTIVAL ON LAST TUESDAY NIGHT (JULY 24).

THE CONCERT AT THE ORPHEUM WAS PRESENTED BY THE HONG KONG CANADA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE VANCOUVER DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL SOCIETY AND WAS ATTENDED BY SENIOR OFFICIALS FROM THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT.

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE CONCERT, THE COMMISSIONER RECREATION AND CULTURE OF HONG KONG, MRS SHELLEY LAU, SAID THE HONG KONG YOUTH CHINESE ORCHESTRA'S VISIT WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING SERIES OF CULTURAL EXCHANGES PLANNED FOR HONG KONG AND CANADA.

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