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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to honor the 2008 Chinese New Year
4 Spectacular, held at the Arie Crown Theatre in Chicago on
5 January 25 and 26, 2008; and
 
6     WHEREAS, The Chinese New Year is the most colorful and
7 important of China's fetes and the Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese,
8 and Singaporean peoples celebrate their ancient traditions
9 through family reunions and performing arts; and
 
10     WHEREAS, The 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular will span
11 over 60 major cities in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North
12 America, with an expected attendance of 500,000 people
13 worldwide; and
 
14     WHEREAS, The 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular in Chicago
15 aims to be a showcase of traditional Chinese culture, a
16 platform for cross-cultural understanding between the East and
17 West, and a unifying event for all people interested in Chinese
18 culture; and
 
19     WHEREAS, For 5,000 years of Chinese history, China's
20 divinely imparted culture, including Chinese dance, music, and
21 other art forms, was continuously refined as its elegance

 

 

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1 developed; and
 
2     WHEREAS, The Chinese Communist Party has destroyed
3 traditional morality and beliefs, leaving a spiritual and
4 ethical void in China; and
 
5     WHEREAS, The Spectacular, a presentation of genuine
6 Chinese culture free of the culture of the Communist Party,
7 showcases a renaissance and reclamation of the long-lost
8 treasures of China; and
 
9     WHEREAS, The 2008 Chinese New Year Spectacular is co-
10 hosted by the Sound of Hope Radio and Mid-USA Falun Dafa
11 Association; and
 
12     WHEREAS, The Sound of Hope Radio is an independent
13 Chinese-language media company and a not-for-profit
14 organization dedicated to facilitating cross-cultural
15 communications between the East and West, and to assisting the
16 public in their search for valuable cultural knowledge; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association is dedicated to
18 the promotion and practice of the principles of "Truthfulness,
19 Compassion, and Tolerance," and endeavors to extend far and
20 wide these most precious and noble human ideals; therefore, be
21 it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
3 honor and express our support for the 2008 Chinese New Year
4 Spectacular; and be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing
7 Committee.