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Monday, February 15, 2010 HONG KONG: Set to take place on the first evening of the Chinese New Year (14 February), the Cathay Pacific International Chinese New Year Night Parade organized by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) will follow a new route in Tsim Sha Tsui this year. As the premiere event of Festive Hong Kong 2010, the spectacle will offer visitors and residents the opportunity of experiencing some of the world’s most unique festivals and Hong Kong’s cultural fusion. HKTB Chairman James Tien said: “Hong Kong enjoys a global reputation for its vibrant Chinese New Year celebrations, which give the perfect setting for rolling out our annual marketing platform Festive Hong Kong 2010, when we will show to the world the excitement that awaits our visitors. “As the global economy begins to show signs of recovery and the Chinese New Year holiday is traditionally a peak travel season for visitors from the Mainland and other short-haul markets, our promotional budget for the sou...

Sunday, February 14, 2010 BEIJING: Hundreds of people gathered at Constitution Park in Camarillo on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The Ventura County Chinese American Association sponsored the event, which opened with several Chinese dance performances, including the Lion Dance, the most notable of the celebration. “For us, it’s passing down the heritage to the next generation,” said association President Lloyd Ho, 66, of Thousand Oaks. “When my kids were little, I put them in Chinese school and they hated it,” said Ho. “But then when they got in college, they took Mandarin and Chinese history and they asked me why I didn’t force them to go.” The event als featured booths where visitors could learn paper cutting and traditional Chinese arts like origami and painting. The Chinese Acrobats, based in Los Angeles, also performed. “A lot of this is my own self-satisfaction,” said Irene Sy, a longtime member of the Chinese American Association and the group...