Local favourites by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra

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Digitised from the original CD. Includes message from Tan Kin Lian, Chief Executive Officer, NTUC Income and information on Chinese musical instruments : wind, string and percussion instruments. As part of their 25th Anniversary Celebrations in 1995, NTUC Income specially arranged for some of the popular community and Chinese songs to be played in a musical style that has pleased emperors and ordinary folks over the centuries. These songs were performed by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra under the Peoples' Association. Includes a segment demonstrating the sounds produced by the different instruments of the Chinese orchestra, with an explanation of these instruments.