In May 1997, Hsing Yun announced that he would close the mountain gate of Fo Guang Shan to the general public.

In May 1997, Master Hsing Yun announced that he would close the mountain gate of Fo Guang Shan to the general public, in part of his wish for himself and his disciples ( lay and monastic ) the cloistered atmosphere they need for their Buddhist practice.

Upon the sudden death of Hsing Yun's eldest disciple and abbot, Venerable Hsin Ping, Hsin Ting was immediately promoted to the said position, and served the rest of Hsin Ping's term until 1997, when he was unanimously elected abbot that same year.

Released in February 1997, the original Street Fighter III features ten unique selectable characters ( not counting Yun and Yang separately ) and a non-selectable computer-controlled character as the games final opponent.

Ninety-five percent of families who do adopt choose babies less than a month old so that they can pass them off as their natural born offspring, overlooking older adoptable children ( Yun, Korea Times, 1997 ).

In 1997, Feng Yun reached the top rank of professional Go players and ascended to 9-dan professional.

* Feng Yun was a finalist in the first four Bohae Cups, winning on the second occasion ( 1995 ), but lost to Rui Naiwei on the other three occasions, finishing 2nd in 1994, 1996 and 1997.

The term alphasyllabary was suggested for the Indic scripts in 1997 by William Bright, following South Asian linguistic usage, to convey the idea that " they share features of both alphabet and syllabary ".

All churches apart from the Armenian Apostolic Church must register with the government, and proselytizing was forbidden by law, though since 1997 the government has pursued more moderate policies.

A liberal foreign investment law was approved in June 1994, and a Law on Privatization was adopted in 1997, as well as a program on state property privatization.

This was the first $ 50 coin issued by the U. S. Mint and no higher was produced until the production of the $ 100 platinum coins in 1997.

Ozanam was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1997.

The 1899 act mentioned above was replaced in 1997 — until then the government had stated there were no ethnic minority groups.

It was discovered only as recently as 1997.

By 1997, the refinery reached the same rate of production it was at before the war.

Like his mother, neither he nor Christine sought a divorce for the next thirty years and it was only in 1997 that they formally divorced ; Ayckbourn married Heather Stoney.

Arbor Day reached its height of popularity on its 125th anniversary in 1997, when David J. Wright, noticed that a Nebraska nonprofit organization called the National Arbor Day Foundation had taken the name of the holiday and commercialized it for their own use as a trademark for their publication " Arbor Day ," so he countered their efforts, launched a website, and trademarked it for " public use celebrations " and defended the matter in a federal district court in the United States to ensure it was judged as property of the public domain, the case was settled in October 1999.

Esquisse d ’ un Programme was published in the two-volume proceedings Geometric Galois Actions ( Cambridge University Press, 1997 ).

In New York, the New Normannii Reik of Theodish Belief was founded in 1997 and is led by Dan Halloran, but in 2009 many members split off and formed the Arfstoll Church of Theodish Belief, White Marsh Theod, and Álfröðull þjóð.

In a 1997 open letter to Ms. magazine she expressed displeasure that what she considers a way to ensure her own artistic freedom was seen by others solely in terms of its financial success.

In 2001, it achieved high rankings in the annual Maclean's University Rankings, including Best Overall for Primarily Undergraduate University in their opinion survey, and it received the Canadian Information Productivity Award in 1997 as it was praised as the first university in Canada to fully utilize information technology in the undergraduate curriculum.

FIC demonstrated the first Socket 7 AGP system board in November 1997 as the FIC PA-2012 based on the VIA Apollo VP3 chipset, followed very quickly by the EPoX P55-VP3 also based on the VIA VP3 chipset which was first to market.

The first Windows NT-based operating system to receive AGP support was Windows NT 4. 0 with service pack 3, introduced in 1997.

She is a Privy Councillor and was the Member of Parliament for Maidstone from 1987 to 1997 and for Maidstone and The Weald from 1997 to 2010.

She was first elected to the House of Commons in the 1987 general election as member for the constituency of Maidstone ( which became Maidstone and The Weald in 1997 ).

After she covered the 10cc song " The Things We Do For Love " for the Mr. Wrong soundtrack, Behind the Eyes was released in September 1997.

The organization was formed in December 1997 to " provide IP registration services as an independent, nonprofit corporation.

The first president of ARIN was Kim Hubbard, from 1997 until 2000.

In 1997, Poland was invited in the first wave of NATO policy enlargement at the July 1997 NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain.

It was twice invited to the Edinburgh International Festival: in 1996 with Macbeth directed by Jerzy Stuhr, and in 1997 with Antigona directed by Włodzimierz Nurkowski.

SSI invited the 1997 Pro World Champions, the Flyboyz, to participate in the 1998 ESPN X Games as an unofficial exhibition.

From 1997 to 2009, the audience was invited to sing the " Theme from New York, New York " following the call to the post.

In British National Cinema ( 1997 ), Sarah Street argues that " Brief Encounter thus articulated a range of feelings about infidelity which invited easy identification, whether it involved one's husband, lover, children or country " ( p. 55 ).

" The 300 + member SDSU Marching Band, " The Pride of the Dakotas ", given the special name the Millennium Band in 2000 by the South Dakota State Legislature, has marched in the 1981 and 1997 Presidential Inaugural Parades in Washington, D. C .; A Capital Fourth in 2000 in Washington DC which was broadcast on PBS ; the 2003 and 2008 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California making them the second collegiate band in the history of the Rose Bowl to be invited to march twice when their team was not competing ; and the Korean War Monument Dedication at the state's capital Pierre in 2004, in the company of two other college bands and 60-some high school bands from across the state.

In 1997, Martin was invited to the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in Sanremo, Italy.

" Because the exhibit focused on Cleveland ’ s rock and roll history, Glass Harp was invited to give a special performance and Q & A session at the Museum in April 1997 Currently, Glass Harp is represented in the Museum ’ s ongoing " Cleveland Rocks " exhibit.

Burgan went on to help AFI record Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes ( 1997 ) and was invited to become the full-time bassist.

The second single from the album was a cover of Steve Harley's Make Me Smile ( Come Up and See Me ) – it made No. 14 in the charts and Erasure were invited to perform on Top of the Pops for the first time since March 1997.

In July 1997, fans arranged the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the success of " A Whiter Shade of Pale ", and invited the then inactive band to play a concert at Redhill.

In 1996, Gordon was one of the artists invited to Skulptur Projekte Münster, and in 1997 he represented Britain at the Venice Biennale.

Vancouver dragon boat event principals were invited by the Hong Kong High Commission to produce a combined dragons by land ( dragon dance ) and by sea ( dragonboat race ) cultural celebration at the XIV Commonwealth Games in 1995 in Victoria BC's Inner Harbour as a way to mark the official farewell of Hong Kong from the Commonwealth of Nations, since the territory was to be repatriated to Chinese rule ( from British ) in 1997.

Bowie also invited the trio to play at his 50th birthday at New York's Madison Square Garden in 1997.

The members of the MIAA remained the same from 1961 until 1997 when Defiance College of Ohio and Saint Mary's College of Indiana were invited to join, the first time colleges from outside of Michigan were admitted to the conference.

Pope John-Paul II made a visit on 22 August 1997, and although car parks were requisitioned as far away as Corbeil-Essonnes, apart from invited guests, less than 500 people turned out for the event, which means that Évry maybe holds the world record for the smallest crowd at a papal appearance.

The General Manager of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, invited him and his wife to perform in 1997, recognising 50 years contributing to Country Music.

Later in 1997 Perez invited Sanchez to be a part of his acoustic trio which resulted in extensive touring, and the recording of the Grammy nominated album " Motherland ".

He was the first pianist to be invited to give a recital at the BBC Proms ( 1997 ), and, in the 2000 season, was the first concerto soloist ever to be invited to play in the Proms opening concert.

In 1997, when Malaysians were invited to name the flag, then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohammad picked the name Jalur Gemilang to project the country's onward drive towards continuous growth and success.

Zarbo was invited to audition for Daniel and Eno in 1997, and subsequently became the band's full-time bassist until his permanent departure in 2007.

In addition, the choir has been invited to participate in important music festivals, including the Lucerne Festival under James Conlon, Mario Venzago, Riccardo Chailly and Mariss Jansons, the European Music Festival in Berlin under Roland Bader, the International Festival of Boys Choirs in Poznań ( Poland ), as well as festivals in Nancy, Maastricht, Venice, Basel, and the Schubert Choir Festival in Vienna in 1997.