I would like to wish all of you forumers out there a very happy cny and for everything you do, i wish u good luck and best wishes!! Hopefully this year there would be more successful projects than last year.

happy chinese new year to everyone ^^

http://210.177.167.146/orimain/img/050209odn_over.jpg

Happy New Year :cheers:


Don't blink or you'll regret it.


http://img206.exs.cx/img206/7213/34777108img22311ik.jpg

Damn it, my eyes :evil:

Anyways, Happy New Year!

It's only "year 29" (nin yah gau).

Kong Hei Fat Choi!!!

Happy new year guys

*Kong xi Kong xi Kong xi ni ar Kong xi Kong xi Kong xi ni (repeat * X 20)

Kung Hei Fat Choi !!
Wish you all a happy Chinese new year! =)

gong hei fat choy!!
watch brazil to HK la~~yeah

hApPy ChInEsE nEw YeAr to everybody!
:cheers:

May the year of the Rooster bring you good health and prosperity.

Happy Chinese new year everyone!!!

lets celebrate! :cheers: :dance:

Kung Hei Fat Choi !!!!

happy chinese new year! :)

Happy New Chicken Year

恭喜發財
萬事勝意
龍馬精神
心想事成
生意興隆
學業進步
出入平安
雞年行大運!!! :) :) :)

Newspaper Headlines
http://the-sun.orisun.com/tsnmain/20060129/img/0129main.jpg http://home.orisun.com/odnmain/img/main.jpg

http://www.singpao.com/20060128/photos/f807438SP.jpg http://www1.appledaily.atnext.com/adoinfile/20060129/head_4104.jpg


New Year's Market

http://www.singpao.com/20060128/photos/m807408SP.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060129/img/sn02012901_big.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060129/new/0129nhko06b1.jpg


Mall Displays

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060129/img/sn02012904_big.jpg


Festive flowers

http://www.singpao.com/20060128/photos/m807413SP.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060129/img/sn02012902_big.jpg

http://www.singpao.com/20060128/photos/m807398SP.jpg


Decorations

http://www.singpao.com/20060128/photos/m807399SP.jpg


Praying for a good year at Wong Tai Sin - notice a Hong Kong celebrity on the bottom right?

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060129/new/0129nhkm01b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060129/new/0129nhkm01b3.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060129/new/0129nhkm01b2.jpg


New Year's Eve family dinner

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060129/img/sn02012905_big.jpg


The Chief Executive celebrates

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060129/img/sn04012910_big.jpg


Canada's RCMP will participate in New Year's festivities

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060129/new/0129nhko02b1.jpg

祝大家新年快樂! 身體健康! 笑口常開! 事事順利! 心想事成! 狗年行大運!!!!!! :booze: :hug: :cheers2: :drunk: :grouphug: :wave: :cheers:
:dance:

GONG HEY FAT CHOI EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

HK getting better every year!

HaPPY nEW yEAR!!! FAt Choi FaT ChOi !!!!!

Happy Luner New Year!!! Kung Hei Fat Choi!!!!! :D :D :D

The following is the wishings from the HK Chief Executive and his wife on news.gov.hk with videos:
CE calls for harmonious, caring society (http://news.gov.hk/en/category/administration/060127/html/060127en01002.htm) :|

Happy Chinese New Year...:cheers:...

Kung Kei Fat Choi guys!!!

大家敢话!
http://www.singtao.com/special/ecard2006_lun/cardpreview.asp?viewtype=view1&selcard=06lun06

Newspaper Headlines

http://the-sun.orisun.com/tsnmain/20060130/img/0130main.jpg http://home.orisun.com/odnmain/img/main.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn02013012_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn02013005_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn02013006_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn02013002_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn02013003_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn01013002_big.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060130/new/0130nhkm01b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060130/new/0130nhkm01b2.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060130/new/0130nhko02b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060130/new/0130nhko02b2.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060130/new/0130nhko02b3.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060130/new/0130nhko05b1.jpg

Kung Hei Fat Choy to everyone especially the HK forumers :D

This website should at least have a banner for Chinese New Year.

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060130/img/sn02013006_big.jpg

My girlfriend is somewhere there :D

Happy CNY ! Hope Everyone & Hong Kong a Prosperous Year of the Dog

Newspaper Headlines

http://the-sun.orisun.com/tsnmain/20060131/img/0131main.jpg http://www.singpao.com/20060131/photos/f807718SP.jpg

http://www.singpao.com/20060131/photos/m807694SP.jpg

http://www.singpao.com/20060131/photos/m807693SP.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn02013109_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn02013110_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn01013104_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn02013111_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn01013105_big.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn01013103_big.jpg

http://www.singpao.com/20060131/photos/m807697SP.jpg

http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn02013113_big.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060131/new/0131nhko04b2.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060131/new/0131nhko04b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20060131/new/0131nhko04b3.jpg

wanchai is jam packed too
http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/news/20060131/img/sn02013111_big.jpg

In Hong Kong, good fortune and a bit of stick

HONG KONG, Jan 30, 2006 (AFP) - Hong Kongers can look forward to a prosperous Lunar New Year if predictions made Monday in the city's annual fortune-telling ceremony prove true.

Every year a city official selects one from 100 numbered bamboo sticks at the Chinese territory's 300-year-old Che Kong Temple. Each number carries a different prediction for the coming 12 months.

This year legislator Lau Wong-fat drew a stick bearing the number 75, considered auspicious in Chinese mythology.

The ceremony, which takes place among swirls of incense smoke and draws hundreds of believers to the temple, is broadcast live on television because of intense interest in the yearly number.

Although rooted in ancient practice the event, which takes place on the second day of each Lunar New Year, was only adopted as the city's official fortune-telling ceremony in 1981.

Many believe it affects the territory's coming fortunes.

In 2003, home affairs minister Patrick Ho picked number 83 -- the most unlucky number according to Chinese custom.

There followed 12 months of crisis in which the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus killed 299 people and ruined the economy, and unprecedented political protests left the government in turmoil.

Such was the concern the following year that organsiers broke with the tradition of inviting a government official to draw the stick. Lau has done the honours since.

Last year he pulled a so-so 76 and presaged a year of huge economic growth -- GDP is expected to reach 7 percent -- but one that also saw political upheaval including the resignation of the China-appointed chief executive.

Has anyone found a BT for the fireworks. Poor me, all the way in the UK and missing out on one of the best firework displays of the year!

You're in the UK!?!?!!!!
will and initialD18 and myself are in the UK too...

The first picture under "Mall Displays", where is that?

Kung Hei Fat Choy everyone~~ :)


now where's that BT fireworks vid?!?!?!?! ;)


:D

You're in the UK!?!?!!!!
will and initialD18 and myself are in the UK too...

Yeah, live in Manchester. Was up in Scotland for holiday last week and was in London the weekend before. Miss home though. Really want to see the fireworks display too =P

^^ O. vvill is in Scotland and I am in London... initiald18 was in london this afternoon...
I'll PM you my number. ;)

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http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7181/c8tn.gifhttp://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3060/d8gt.gifhttp://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8910/a6ih.gifhttp://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1427/b9jy.gif
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3060/d8gt.gifhttp://img524.imageshack.us/img524/8910/a6ih.gifhttp://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1427/b9jy.gifhttp://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7181/c8tn.gif

Oh man, someone gave me HK$1000 in a lai-see packet :D

http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5598/a5pa.pnghttp://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2275/b5ip.png
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/3839/c6cg.pnghttp://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1624/d3uc.png

Chinese New Year is around the corner once again. Here are some pictures to show the festive mood in HK :

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674007.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674011.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674013.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674015.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674018.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674017.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674003.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55673995.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55673989.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55673990.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55673992.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674030.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674036.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674031.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674025.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55819209.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674042.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674043.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55674045.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55819216.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/hmlai88/image/55819215.jpg

Harbour City is really into the marketing in these two big sesons. This New Yeak decoration is a big change from the Christmas one.

looks great! can't wait to see it!

I wish all of you to have good health and a wealthy year of the pig! :cheers1:

From the Chief Executive:
Lunar New Year a time for family reunions: CE (http://news.gov.hk/en/category/healthandcommunity/070216/html/070216en05006.htm)

恭祝大家：

新春快乐, 万事如意! 岁岁平安, 年年有余!

wishing you a prosperous new year!

http://www.ceo.gov.hk/lny_message07/eng/images/right.jpghttp://www.ceo.gov.hk/lny_message07/eng/images/left.jpg

Kung Hei Fat Choi
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y181/Genuine007/Decoration/061211006s.jpg
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Artistic decorations inside and outside of the buildings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=319077)

Kung Hei Fatt Choi HK forumers!

Happy CNY !!!!!!!! :banana2:

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR (^o^)

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY (^o^)

I WISH YOU GUYS ALL THE BEST IN THE COMING YEAR.

丁亥豬年,祝願各位繼續向前.

盛世連年,期盼香港持久領先.

小弟謹祝各位新年進步,萬事如意.

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

PHAT CHOY PHAT LOK KUNG HEI KUNG HEI to all the forumers!!! :D :D :D

Dear SSC Forumers,

Happy Chinese New Year, Best Wishes in the Yr of the Boar
Let's bridge our gap with more discussions about the World,
and advance the HK section with more knowledge & posts.

Hope everyone get to enjoy the Festive atmosphere in HK,
and contribute to the local economy

2007' 祝福你,
願世界會變得更美

I wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choi!!:cheers:

Happy New Year!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/RafflesCity/cny7.jpg

恭賀新禧 新春大吉 萬事如意 歲歲平安

新春快乐，诸事如意。
http://www.globalclassroom.org/s_pig1.gif

恭喜發財﹗Happy Chinese New Year! :banana:

KUNG HEI FAT CHOI TO EVERYONE!!!!!

Happy new year to everyone!

Did anyone possibly record this years fireworks event from tv by any change? being in europe isn't nice :(

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy new year to everyone!

Did anyone possibly record this years fireworks event from tv by any change? being in europe isn't nice :(
BT links : http://news.idsam.com/list-body.php?sp=01&group=bt.tv.hk&type=1&xref=153960&idx=9
http://news.idsam.com/list-body.php?sp=01&group=bt.tv.hk&type=1&xref=153959&idx=11

It's that time of the year again ... welcoming the Year of the Rat!

By jlv1818 from a Hong Kong photography forum :

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k122/jj888bb/GX100%20Photo/640x480/Rimg0996.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k122/jj888bb/GX100%20Photo/640x480/Rimg1001.jpg

http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k122/jj888bb/GX100%20Photo/640x480/Rimg1005.jpg

I may go take photos of the fireworks.
any suggestion other than the area outside Cultural Ctr, HKCEC, piers?

I may go take photos of the fireworks.
any suggestion other than the area outside Cultural Ctr, HKCEC, piers?

West Kowloon Cultural District, the Peak, Lugard Rd (the Peak) etc.

West Kowloon Cultural District, the Peak, Lugard Rd (the Peak) etc.

where in WKCD?
I don't want to go to the peak, to far away and cold.

where in WKCD?
I don't want to go to the peak, to far away and cold.

WKCD is a bit far from the action, and the fireworks rise quite far away, so it'll be hard to take pictures.

There is a fenced-off area next to the bathroom behind the harbour tunnel ventilation shaft that has a hole in it and I could go straight towards the harbour for the Dec 31 countdown. That's a good viewing spot with not so many people.

I'm also looking for a place to spot the fireworks. A suggestion came for Lugard Road. Bowen Road might be OK but the buildings in Wan Chai might block the action a little.

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY!!!

Happy new year everyone!!

And thanks especially to hkskyline. I've enjoyed your contributions not only in HK section but in SG and Korea sections too. I hope you continue on your world travels this year!

Happy new year everyone!!

And thanks especially to hkskyline. I've enjoyed your contributions not only in HK section but in SG and Korea sections too. I hope you continue on your world travels this year!

I have a lot more coming for Singapore and Korea. In fact, I just came back from a trip last week.

Looking forward to another year of posting in SSC. :)

We wish you a happy year of rat! Kung Hei Fat Choi! :)

Check this out :lol::lol:

http://i32.tinypic.com/33mv43s.gif

I dont get ads on SSC

Happy Chinese New Year to everybody in this forum, Chinese and non-Chinese!!!!!!!

I dont get ads on SSC

You only get them if you surf/browse without logging in.

Kung hei fat choi everyone!

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Artistic decorations inside and outside of the buildings (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=319077)

WKCD is a bit far from the action, and the fireworks rise quite far away, so it'll be hard to take pictures.

There is a fenced-off area next to the bathroom behind the harbour tunnel ventilation shaft that has a hole in it and I could go straight towards the harbour for the Dec 31 countdown. That's a good viewing spot with not so many people.

I'm also looking for a place to spot the fireworks. A suggestion came for Lugard Road. Bowen Road might be OK but the buildings in Wan Chai might block the action a little.

Are you going alone? maybe we can go together.

Are you going alone? maybe we can go together.

Valentine's isn't till the 14th mate. ;)

KUNG HEI FAT CHOY!!! LAI SEE GAO LOI :D

Valentine's isn't till the 14th mate. ;)

Not surprised you say that since you've missed out on all our large forum meets thus far. Hope you don't feel too left out.

Not surprised you say that since you've missed out on all our large forum meets thus far. Hope you don't feel too left out.

Brilliant. :lol:

I've riled you up so much you're now retorting to my light hearted comments to others.

Still, have a happy Chinese New Year mate. No grudges held.

Valentine's isn't till the 14th mate. ;)

:bash: no love for you >.<

Happy new year! :cheers1:

Happy New Year!

San lien fai lok! :cheers1:

哇！ 新年快乐！ 恭喜发财！ 万事如意！

:dance:

红袍拿来！:D

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080207/img/sn05020713_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080207/img/sn05020711_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080207/img/sn05020712_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080207/img/sn04020708_big.jpg

^ Notice the one wearing the Mickey Mouse hat on the bottom left? ;)

新年吉祥，恭喜發財!!!!!

Happy New Year fellow HKers!

http://orientaldaily.on.cc/photo/20080208/new/0208nhko04b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.on.cc/photo/20080208/new/0208nhko04b2.jpg

http://orientaldaily.on.cc/photo/20080208/new/0208nhko04b3.jpg

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http://orientaldaily.on.cc/photo/20080208/new/0208nhko08b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.on.cc/photo/20080208/new/0208nhko09b1.jpg

http://orientaldaily.on.cc/photo/20080208/new/0208nhko09b2.jpg

Check this out :lol::lol:

http://i32.tinypic.com/33mv43s.gif

haha....what the...

恭喜發財,利是逗來 :D

Show me the money!

Show me the money!

Here you go: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=100614 :lol:

Happy Chinese New Year Everyone.

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080208/img/sn02020811_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080208/img/sn02020812_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080208/img/sn02020821_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080208/img/sn02020822_big.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/news/20080208/img/sn02020814_big.jpg

恭喜發財

http://singtao.com/special/ecard2010_lun/announcement/anounce_st_500_300.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20100214/photo/0214-00405-001b1.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20100214/photo/0214-00405-001b2.jpg

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http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20100214/photo/0214-00405-001b6.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20100214/photo/0214-00405-001b7.jpg

http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20100214/photo/0214-00407-002b1.jpg

http://www.news.gov.hk/tc/category/administration/100212/html/100212p001jpg.jpg

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

DRzMoCst18M

http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201002/12/P201002120168.htm
行政長官向市民拜年（附圖）
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　　行政長官曾蔭權明日（二月十三日）會透過動畫向市民拜年。

　　動畫的主題為「回家真好」，全長三十秒。片中卡通造型的曾蔭權和各式人物飛躍香港上空，趕回家裏，象徵經過一年努力工作，大家都回到家中，與家人共度新歲。

　　曾蔭權表示：「新年這幾天喜氣洋洋，是我覺得最溫馨的時刻，可以留在家裏，和親人一起，互相祝福。我希望所有香港人，不分年紀、崗位和意見，都同樣可以在家裏感受這份喜悅和祥和。」

　　曾蔭權與夫人曾鮑笑薇恭祝市民在虎年「家庭和睦」、「身體健康」。

　　今年是行政長官首次以動畫向市民拜年。曾蔭權說，希望為今年的賀辭注入新元素，鼓勵創意。

　　製作今年新年賀辭是博善廣識有限公司。行政長官去年中宣布計劃發展文化及創意產業後，曾到該公司參觀。

　　曾蔭權說：「它創造的著名卡通人物『麥兜』和『麥嘜』家傳戶曉，其產品的創意令人欣賞。」

　　博善廣識有限公司總經理蔡仲樑說，新年賀辭的製作意念源自馨的家庭生活。

　　蔡仲樑說：「香港人工作勤懇，營營役役。新年假期，大家放下工作，回家與親人一起，至為甜蜜，這是我們的創作主旨。」

　　「我們挑選了舒伯特的『小夜曲』，其柔和的調子很配合這種氣氛。」

　　該動畫新年賀辭將會在電視播放及上載行政長官的網頁及YouTube。

　　新年期間，動畫亦會在多個地點的電視屏幕播放，包括公共屋大廈大堂、香港國際機場、主要邊境管制站、領匯商場及康樂及文化事務署的體育館。

　　市民亦可在維多利亞公園和尖沙咀市政局百周年紀念花園的電視屏幕、機場快線列車和部分國泰航班觀看動畫。

完

２０１０年２月１２日（星期五）
香港時間１６時０１分


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http://www.ceo.gov.hk/lny_message10/chi/index.htm

行政長官新年賀辭

新年這幾天喜氣洋洋，是我覺得最溫馨的時刻，可以留在家裡，和親人一起，互相祝福。

我希望所有香港人，不分年紀、崗位和意見，都同樣可以在家裡感受這份喜悅和祥和。

恭祝大家「家庭和睦」、「身體健康」！

Lunar New Year Message from the Chief Executive

The Chinese New Year holiday is the sweetest moment for me. In this festive season, we can stay at home and offer best wishes to one another.

I hope that all Hong Kong people, regardless of age, position and views, can savour the happiness and tranquility with their loved ones.

Wish you a harmonious family and good health!

video:
http://webcast2.info.gov.hk/2010/ce/celny10_c.wvx (chinese)
http://webcast2.info.gov.hk/2010/ce/celny10_e.wvx (english)
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1920*1080 screen capture! (IMO very nice wallpaper!)
http://www.4shared.com/dir/31086807/2de2ccc0/TVB_2010ID_wallpaper.html
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(2010) aTV 《虎虎生威》農曆新年 Promotion 1
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KUNG HEI FAT CHOI!!!!!

年初二煙花
I went back home at ~8:10, then immediately take my camera+tripod and go upstairs to take photos :P
too hurry so many pics are blurred.
i am going out now so here's one pic
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More more more please!!

上水花市 by @野比大雄@ from a Hong Kong discussion forum :

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Happy Chinese New Year :)
Kung Hei Fat Choy:cheers:


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Although the idea is quite creative, the content is not much related to Chinese Lunar New Year. But anyway, it's still nice to see that our govt is trying to be creative.

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Very Good, I'm so impressed by the TVB Lunar New Year ident this year, it's a good combination of the concept of Chinese Lunar New year and St. Valentine's Day. It's definitely one of the best Lunar New Year ident I ever seen.

By the way, it seems that there is no TVB promotion video for Chinese Lunar New Year this year.

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That time of year is near :

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Hong Kong investors hope feng shui brings good fortune in year of the rabbit
19 January 2011

HONG KONG (AP) - The year of the rabbit in the Chinese lunar calendar begins next month, and for investors in Hong Kong, that means the stock market will go up in short bunny hops, according to the much anticipated astrological predictions of a well-known stock brokerage.

CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets released its annual "feng shui" index Wednesday based on the signs of the Chinese zodiac, with lighthearted predictions for the local stock market, commodities, property and celebrities. Yet the tongue-in-cheek tips belie the fact that many investors in this southern Chinese financial center follow the feng shui belief system religiously, believing it will seriously boost their wealth.

"The rabbit is a very cautious animal. Every time it hops a bit, it turns around and checks out the environment -- is it safe? -- before moving on," said analyst Philip Chow, designated the brokerage's feng shui master for its 17th annual report.

That's how he predicts Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index will also perform in the year of the rabbit, which begins on Feb. 3.

"The market will go up but every now and then it will slow down take a breath, take a look at the surroundings, evaluating what is going on and continue to go up. It will be a zigzag market," predicted Chow, who most of the time is an analyst researching transport companies.

Feng shui is the traditional Chinese practice of predicting fortunes through dates and classical Chinese texts as well as using timing and the placement of objects to improve luck. The term feng shui literally means wind and water, and the practice dates back thousands of years.

Metal and water are the elements associated with the rabbit this year, so that means industries such as metals, airlines, financial, marine and gaming would have good returns for investors. However, sectors related to the earth element, such as construction and property, would not do so well.

Other feng shui advisers weighed in with their predictions for business leaders in the year of the rabbit, which is year 4708 in the Chinese calendar.

Raymond Lo, a well-known local feng shui consultant who has written many books on the subject, said it would not be a good year for Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, who the company announced this week is taking a second medical leave for unspecified problems.

Jobs' element is fire, and his recovery after his liver transplant was helped last year because it was the year of the tiger. "Unfortunately, when the tiger fades away, his bad health comes back," Lo said.

On the other hand, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg could be in for even greater fortune this year.

According to Lo, Zuckerberg was born under a "double academic star" sign, which gives him lots of intellectual luck while 2011 will bring him "commercial luck."

The use of feng shui principles can be seen throughout Hong Kong's central business district. A pair of guardian lion statues sit at the entrance to HSBC's Norman Foster-designed headquarters, traditional symbols used to guard the wealth within. The building's vast open ground floor space also allows qi, or energy, to flow freely.

Next door, the Bank of China's modern, angular headquarters, designed by architect I.M. Pei, caused a controversy when it first opened because of the sharp angles of its upper levels, which feng shui followers likened to knife blades casting bad luck out to its neighbors, including the U.S. Consulate and Hong Kong legislature. Its sharp interior corners were also said to trap luck inside the building.

Hong Kong's Disneyland incorporated feng shui principles in its design. The angle of the front gate was shifted by 12 degrees on the advice of a feng shui master, who said it would ensure prosperity for the park. Disney also put a bend in the walkway between the gate and the Disneyland train station to help qi enter the park instead of flowing out to sea.

All that effort has failed to produce the desired results so far. Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened in 2005, on Tuesday said in it made another loss in 2010.

Auspicious dates, meanwhile, are chosen for company meetings and announcements. The principles of feng shui can also be seen in something as seemingly insignificant as company stock codes, many of which incorporate the number eight, which in Chinese rhymes with the word for prosperity.

Newspaper revelations about the use of feng shui even caused a minor scandal last year. But not because the government was compensating Hong Kong residents millions of dollars due to public works disrupting feng shui. Instead, the furor was over officials being fooled into paying more than they should have and not keeping records.

Companies consult advisers such as Lo for help on practices to help bring them greater wealth. Demand for Lo's services is growing outside of Hong Kong, and he travels regularly to Singapore, Japan, Russia and Germany to teach classes.

He says one of his clients is an Australian mining company.

"They always ask which mine will have the best profit, where they should dig longer, where they should withdraw," he said.

The authors of the CLSA report said feng shui shouldn't be taken too seriously when sizing up stocks even while acknowledging that the report is wildly popular with the firm's clients.

"Whether they act on it, I'm not really sure," said Francis Cheung, the firm's head of China and Hong Kong investment strategy. "I really certainly hope not."

Public urged to go green with red packets
The Standard
Monday, January 24, 2011

An environmental group has called on the public to reuse Lunar New Year lai see packets to save more than 9,000 trees every year.

"We have calculated that Hong Kong people use 180 million red packets every year," said Kwok Ying- ying, project officer of Greeners Action.

"It means we have cut down 9,253 trees. Citizens generally dump the used red packets and that is not environmentally friendly."

The group distributed more than 10,000 used red packets to pedestrians in Mong Kok yesterday. Kwok said the group collected 120,000 used red packets last year.

"The response was not bad because we had expected the number would be 30,000. It demonstrates that people are more aware of our environment," she said.

"We will distribute the collected red packets to more than 40 organizations such as schools to raise people's awareness of environmental protection. In fact, a red packet can be reused for three years. And the old red packets can even be remade for decoration."

Kwok urged citizens not to readily accept red packet giveaways from businesses.

"When you apply for a credit card or go to fast-food restaurants, you will be given a pack of red packets as a gift. We should think twice before we take these free red packets," she said.

A passerby surnamed Fung said she supports the idea.

"I use more than 100 red packets every year. Almost all of them have been used before. When some new packets are not used, I will keep them for next year," she said.

"Although there is a tradition that we should use everything new in the Lunar New Year to have a new start, I do not really care about it."

Another passerby, surnamed Lee, started reusing packets two years ago. "I started reusing the old ones for the environment. Half of them have been used before," said Lee, who gives 80 red packets every year.

Six is the new eight for luck at banquets
The Standard
Friday, January 28, 2011

Eight is an auspicious number in Chinese culture, but Friends of the Earth say they have convinced at least 50 organizations and 80 government departments that six is just as good.

In an attempt to cut down on food wastage during the Lunar New Year period, the environmental group launched an "Order Less Waste Less - Food Waste Reduction Scheme" at a reception yesterday, which was attended by environment chief Edward Yau Tang-wah.

The group has urged those attending celebratory new year banquets to order just six main dishes instead of the usual eight. They claim that ordering two fewer main course dishes can cut food wastage by 15 percent.

"The response from the government and other enterprises has been encouraging," FoE (HK) group director Edwin Lau Che-feng said. "We have to do something to reduce food wastage at source and reducing our orders can effectively do this."

The FoE hopes the scheme will help nurture in consumers a mindset that is sensitive to the environment that "enough food is just as good."

"There is a necessity to tackle the problem at source and have the right attitude to plan ahead to prevent unnecessary food wastage during year-end receptions. This includes carefully counting the number of guests and, therefore, ordering the appropriate amount of food," Yau said.

He told how the Environment Bureau has installed a food waste composter in its office.

Apart from the Environment Bureau, supporters of the FoE proposal include the Hong Kong Housing Society and Association of Hong Kong Nursing Staff.

FoE has also suggested that those attending such banquets bring their own reusable boxes to take home unfinished food.

Lau said the group started the scheme last December and began spreading the idea to various organizations.

According to the FoE, Hong Kong's cavalier behavior produces 3,280 tonnes of wasted food a day.

Meanwhile, a recovering economy is making people more generous with their lai see this Lunar New Year, according to a survey by the Hong Kong Research Association.

One-fifth of the 1,556 people surveyed said they would increase the amount they give in their red packets this year.

Zhang Junsen, a professor of economics at the Chinese University, said: "It is understandable that people feel comfortable spending more."

Kung Hey Fat Choi to everybody!!

Wishing everybody a prosperous, productive year! Good luck to those who wanna buy a flat (no irony here :P)!!! And also to those who are seeking jobs ;)

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!
Although it is still another hour or so until the real New Year in Los Angeles, I am already feeling the spirit!! :D

Happy Chinese New Year to all

辛卯兔年，祝愿港人勇往直前
盛世連年，祈求香港繼續領先






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好像只有香港先會在農曆年後第一日開工前舞獅，連大陸都唔覺有呢個習俗。