OVERSEAS ARTISTES TEAM UP WITH LOCAL TALENTS TO PRESENT COMBINED ACTS TO SPICE UP CHINGAY!

ANNOUNCING EXCITING HIGHLIGHTS OF CHINGAY PARADE 2007

The People's Association (PA), in collaboration with several private sector companies, will bring in overseas artistes including master artistes to perform alongside our very own local talents at Chingay 2007, which will be held on Friday 23 February and Saturday 24 February 2007 at Orchard Road . This will make Chingay 2007 a very special and breathtaking event.

2 For example, live and TV audience can expect Russian Belarus Circus dancers gyrating alongside 80 local dancers from the SAF Music and Drama Company, Sichuan face-changing masters wowing audience in a combined item with 150 dancers from Dance Ensemble Singapore, local performers dancing within giant balloons which will roll along the entire parade route, made possible by Beijing experts, villagers from China Pujiang County staging their village folk item “God of Fortunes and The Eight Immortals” alongside our local stilt walkers and other dancers, and members of the Fujian Cultural Association Pole Act Group aged 12 to 15 will demonstrate their skills together with our 100 local adult pole act performers.

3 Organised by the PA, the Chingay Parade helps to create common space and opportunities for people from all walks of life to interact and form friendship to build a cohesive society.

4 Other than the foreign and local combined acts, Malay, Indian and Chinese dancers from the People's Association Talents will jointly create an item that is both innovative and colourful.

5 At the Media Conference, the Chief Executive Director of PA, Mr Tan Boon Huat will also announce the formation of the new Chingay Advisory Council chaired by business leader, Mr Kwek Leng Joo.

6 Your journalist and photographer are cordially invited to attend Chingay Media Conference II, where we will share with you on the details of the exciting Chingay highlights. Interviews, video and photo opportunities with performers and organisers can be specially arranged. Details of the Chingay Media Conference II are as below:

Date: Tuesday, 21 November 2006

Time: 3.00PM

Venue: People's Association Auditorium, 9 Stadium Link S 397750

7 Please RSVP to:

EILEEN ( EILEEN_TAN@PA.GOV.SG )

YEE LING ( LEE_YEE_LING@PA.GOV.SG )