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Auckland to celebrate the Year of Dragon
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Auckland to celebrate the Year of Dragon
Auckland Chinese Community Centre is proud to
be hosting the annual Chinese New Year celebration at ASB
Showgrounds on 21 January 2012. The Festival has been around
for more than 20 years, and is a popular summer event with
attendance by 20,000 or more.
“We are expecting a
larger crowd this year,” says Mr Arthur Loo, chairman of
Auckland Chinese Community Centre. “The Dragon is an
auspicious and very important symbol for Chinese, and the
Year of Dragon is going to be a year that allows us to
overcome challenges.”
“We are delighted to have an
acrobatic, shadow puppet and musical troupe from Gansu,
China this year,” Loo continues. “As usual the day will
be filled with Chinese delicacies, foodstuffs, arts and
crafts and cultural performances. “
“We are also
delighted to have the continue support from our sponsors,
ANZ National Bank, SKYCITY Auckland, Multi-Media Solutions,
Cathay Pacific, Chinese Poll Tax Heritage Trust, Telecom
Easy Call and many others. Cathay Pacific will provide
return tickets to China and NZ Post will provide five 2012
Year of the Dragon presentation packs which will be prizes
for a lucky draw.” Loo says.
“We are pleased to
partner with Chinese media, TV33 this year,” says Mr Kai
Luey, Event Organiser. “This helps us to raise our profile
to the Chinese community, in addition to the long term
partnerships with ethnic media such as Chinese Express,
Mandarin Pages, the United Chinese Press, Skykiwi.com,
ChineseTown.co.nz and NZClouds.com”
“TV33 is on
Freeview and provides the Chinese communities with excellent
programmes and information about New Zealand.” Says
Luey.
The Chinese New Year Festival and Market Day
2012 will be opened by the Prime Minster at 10.00am with a
lion dance. The Festival is open to all and admission is
free. We look forward to see you all.
Event: Chinese
New Year Festival and Market Day 2012
Date and Time: 21st January 2012 9:30am – 4:00pm
Venue: ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane West, Aucklands
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