Hong Kong Composition "Typhoon! Typhoon!" selected as the Song for the United Nations Typhoon Committee

20 October 2008

In a song composition contest organized by the United Nations Typhoon Committee earlier this year, the Panel of Judges selected the song "Typhoon! Typhoon!" as the Committee Song. The lyrics of "Typhoon! Typhoon!" was the work of Mr Lam Chiu-ying, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, and the score was that of Mr Lam Fung, a Hong Kong composer. The Hong Kong Observatory invited the Music Office Youth Choir of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department to sing the song, under the direction of Dr Angelina Au, Senior Music Officer, for recording at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. Members of the choir braved the Amber Rainstorm on the night of 5 October to get to the recording theatre at the Cultural Centre. At the end of the choir's performance that was filled with enthusiasm and vitality, there were a cry of bravo and spontaneous applaud from Mr and Mrs Lam, showing their approval of the effort of the young ladies and gentlemen of the choir.

The Observatory will propose to the Typhoon Committee to play the song "Typhoon! Typhoon!" during the coming 41^st Session of the Committee, as well as when people enter the Committee's website : This link will open in a new windowhttp://www.typhooncommittee.org/

The Observatory Director cheered up the choir before recording

Under the direction of Dr Angelina Au, the Music Office Youth Choir performed the song "Typhoon! Typhoon!" in perfection