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Libraries to close for Lunar New Year

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:42:10 +0800 | HKSAR Government

All public libraries, mobile libraries and students' study rooms will be closed during the Lunar New Year public holidays from February 18 to 20, the Leisure & Cultural Services Department says.


Shoppers buying plants ahead of Lunar New Year

6 Feb 2007 03:50 GMT | einsnews.com

... The Lunar New Year plants come from China, Taiwan and Malaysia. Traditional plants like 'Four Season ... significant meaning of the word 'pig' in Chinese - are also brought in to coincide ...


9.31m Lunar New Year travellers expected

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:04:26 +0800 | HKSAR Government

About 9.31 million people will travel in and out of Hong Kong during the Lunar New Year holiday, up 8.7% on last year, the Immigration Department says.



Lunar New Year lantern shows to be held

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:54:57 +0800 | HKSAR Government

Rendezvous in Glittering MetropolisThe Leisure & Cultural Services Department is hosting two spectacular lantern displays to celebrate the Lunar New Year.


Lunar New Year complex as cultures

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:56:00 +0000 | Newsvine China

From the article: "The ritual observances of Lunar New Year run very deep. In Asia, the festival can last up to 10 days, although four or five days is more common.


Chinese hit the road for New Year's (AP)

Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:17:34 GMT | Yahoo! News

Chinese drummers perform in front of a giant lamp made from small traditional lanterns at the spring festival temple fair opening of the Ditan park in Beijing, China Saturday Feb. 17, 2007. The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, starts on Sunday to usher in the year of the pig. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)AP - The Chinese are on the move. Hundreds of millions of people have clamored aboard cars, buses, planes and trains to return to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year in an annual event that stretches the country's transport system to near its breaking point.



China's leaders push agenda on lunar holiday (Reuters)

Sun, 18 Feb 2007 04:42:27 GMT | Yahoo! News

A worshiper prays in front of a fire place in a temple in Shanghai February 17, 2007. Chinese around the world are preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of the Pig on February 18. (Nir Elias/Reuters)Reuters - China's leaders celebrated the traditional Lunar New Year festival by visiting poor residents in the country's backwoods and claiming their policies have begun to raise people's lives, state media reported on Sunday.



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