Full Text of HR0914 95th General Assembly
HR0914 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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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| 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 |
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| 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
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the Chinese New Year Spectacular Organizing | 7 |
| Committee.
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