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S.E. AsiaTaiwanShunzaUMPG Taiwan has signed Shunza to an exclusive worldwide publishingdeal. Shunza is a prolific recording artist who began her music career in1997 and debuted with national success. In 1998, Shunza's secondalbum I Am Not A Star earned her "Best Female Singer" and "BestComposer" at the 1999 Taiwan Golden Songs Awards. Shunza hasreleased over half dozen of albums to date and continues to establishherself as one of Asia’s most talented singer-songwriters.TonyYappRegionalDirectorS.E. AsiaUMPG Signs Asian Deal With Fox MusicUMPG Asia has signed a sub-publishing deal with Fox Music, Inc. to represent their music catalogs in Asia.Fox Music Publishing includes the catalogs of Fox Film Music Corporation, T C F Music Publishing, Inc. andFox Tunes, Inc. The deal will extend across all major Asian markets including China, Hong Kong, Singa-pore,Taiwan, Thailand, India, Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Korea. The deal will cover more than 7,500hit titles from the Fox catalogs, as well as forthcoming film and television releases. Hits from the Fox catalogueinclude soundtracks to X2: X-Men United, Titanic, Moulin Rouge, and Ice Age as well as top TV series24, Ally McBeal, The Simpsons and X-Files.Soda MusicUMPG Hong Kong has signed a publishing deal withSoda Music Ltd., a local music production house thatwas instrumentalin the developmentof ahost of top composerssuch asKit Tse, and Joe-Tak Lau. SodaMusic Ltd.recently partneredwith HongKong's top modeling agency, Starz People, to produce astring of albums for new artists. The albums will be distributedby Go East Music. New artists includeStephanie Cheng, Monie Tung, and Anna Chu.UMPG AsiaRenews DealWith MCSCTo cope with the fastgrowth of business inChina, UMPG Asia hasrenewed its agreement with MCSC (Music CopyrightSociety Of China). The agreement will stengthenUMPG’s long-term business development in China.Pictured above (L to R): Xu Hang, PublishingRepresentative, UMP Beijing; Zhou Wen, Membership& Documentation Director, MCSC; Sharen Lee,Publishing Manager, UMPG HK; Tony Yapp, QuJingming, Executive Deputy Director General, MCSC;Ronald Siu, Administration Manager, UMPG Asia.EventsDICK LEE SONGSFEATURED IN“FORBIDDEN CITY”Back by popular demand, themusical "Forbidden City" hasreturned to Singapore. The musicalis a soulful tale of darksecrets, love, betrayal and powertold through the music of UMPGwriter Dick Lee, and performed byKit Chan, one of Singapore’smost popular singers.ALAN TAM &HACKEN LEE JOINFORCES FORSOLD-OUT TOURUMPG Hong Kong’s HackenLee has teamed with HongKong’s top singer Alan Tam toperform in 16 sold-out showsin HK. Attended by over200,000 fans, the concert wasone of the top grossing tours of2003. The live album is alsoone of the best selling albumsof the year. In October, the duoembarked on a world tour.