Chinese Voice Helps Foreign Born

, j George Liu, technician for the Seattle Chinese Voice program, prepared to spin a record Chinese Voice helps foreign born By JULIE EMERY tion here, which they estI Southeast Seattle branch of example, that representa A youthful team of ama mate at about ]0,000. Lai the Employment Opportuni tives of the People's Repul;l teur broadcasters, alert to notes that the "foreign born ty Center. Lee portrayed a lic of China are here in the needs of such groups as and the American born of "client" in for all interview. connection with its planned ten don't get along too well purchase of ]0 Boeing Co. new immigrants and the I The program's commen because o[ their diverse 707 planes. ~lderly who speak little tary segment delves into English, is beaming infor backgrounds. " such topics as tile t'ecent "We take no political mation and entertainment ' "The hour-long show, In pol ice gambling raid 'on a stands," Lai stressed. into Seattle's Chinese com part, acts as a "public serv soc i a I hall during the Interspersed among these munity. ice agency and general Chinese New Year. The items is nlusic, which may TIle idealistic producers troubleshooter," Lai e group tackles such tquchy include a piano concerto or Seattle Chinese Voice, plained. subjects as greater union written by the late Tsing however, try to have some· "A lot of Chinese · who participation by Chinese in Sing Hoi. Sometimes there thing for most of the city's have been here 10 or 20 the city's garment factories. is a short play depicting Chinese when the program years don't know, for exam Family-oriented fare dur evellts in the life of a typi goes on the air at 8 o'clock ple, where to apply for so ing one show included infor cal Chinese family here. every other Saturday night cial security or ' low-rent mation on freezing and oth "All of us are inexperi over Station KRAB-FM. housing. We tell them. We er preservation of foods in enced," said Kelmeth Woo The program is broadcast hope the broadcast will be a presentation by Assunta of tlle broadcast. "We are in Cantonese. educational, entertaining Ng and Raymond Cheung. improving as we go along." Eugene Lai and Cecilia and render some important TIlE TEAM STARTED F'ung, Universi,ty of Wash services." TIlERE IS A heavy dash the program in mid-Febru ington graduate students of news of the general vari ary, patterning it after a ety ranging from develop from Hong Kong are lead LISTENERS ON A recent similar one in San Francis ers of the team. They are Saturday heard a conversa ments at Wounded Knee to co that since has become so hopeful tliat the program tion' between Selina Chow the Seattle school levy. Th e popular that it became a may have some unifying ef· and Lester Lee about serv audience also is told of television program. Some 15 f-ecl on the Chulese popula- ices available through the Chinese·oriented events: for persons are involved in the Seattle project, many of them collegians who sand wich scriptwl"iting - in "hine ' e - and other pro gramming chores in i th heavy academic loads. They call themselves the Chinese Media Committee. One of the students who j exudes confidence is George Lill, technician, who on a l recent night was busy ill a ' control room filled with spinning tapes. waving nee. dIes on (liats <ll'd tum tables. "'nlis stuff is very sim- ple," he said, smiling. ( . Maybe that is because he IS working for a doctorate III nuclear phy!)ics. .

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