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January 26, 2010 Tuesday

Dance troupe cancels Falun Gong shows
BYLINE: Joshua But

A US-based dance troupe invited by the city’s Falun Gong groups to perform in Hong Kong has cancelled its seven sell-out shows after the Immigration Department rejected the visa appeals of six members.

The six people from Shen Yun Performing Arts, holding American, Canadian or Australian passports, had their employment visa applications turned down a week before the scheduled shows at the Lyric Theatre in Wan Chai from Wednesday. Continue reading

“The six people are not replaceable. The technicians are the only ones with the expertise in our troupe,” Hui said. “The department has asked us to find someone to replace them in Hong Kong. It doesn’t make sense. How can we find someone to replace them in a few days’ time? And we don’t have the time to brief them and do all the rehearsal again,” she said.

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Hong Kong Authorities Deny Visas to New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts,
Force Cancellation of Sold-Out Shows

Shen Yun to hold New York City press conference Monday, 1:00pm Continue reading