Chinese New Year

Lunar New Year In A Pandemic

Just like Christmas last year, another significant global holiday is being celebrated under COVID-19 restrictions. Lunar New Year decorations such as vibrant red lanterns and paper cuttings grace Asian malls, alleys and city streets.

11 February 2021
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Goodbye Red Packet, Hello E-Ang Bao?

Like many other traditions, the handing out of ang baos – red packets containing cash – has been disrupted in the digital age.Synonymous with the Chinese Lunar New Year, the giving of red packets by elders to children or unmarried relatives symbolises good luck and is also a custom during birthdays and weddings.With the advent of the e-ang bao, virtual red packets can now be distributed through selected banks and e-wallet services.

25 January 2020
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Chinese New Year tourism in ASEAN

Several factors have led to an unprecedented boom in the Chinese outbound tourism sector and this especially includes rising incomes in China. According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), 131 million overseas trips were made by Chinese people in 2017.

22 February 2019
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Goodbye red packet, hello e-ang bao?

Like many other traditions, the handing out of ang baos – red packets containing cash – has been disrupted in the digital age.Synonymous with the Chinese Lunar New Year, the giving of red packets by elders to children or unmarried relatives symbolises good luck and is also a custom during birthdays and weddings. With the advent of the e-ang bao, virtual red packets can now be distributed through selected banks and e-wallet services.

15 February 2019
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Cashing in on Chinese New Year

For most people in Southeast Asia, when the festive season comes around it is an important time where traditions and family come first. Some look forward to spending time with their families; be it with a reunion dinner the night before Chinese New Year or by visiting other family members at their homes. For many others, it is the big Chinese New Year sales that they look forward to.Sales during festive periods is common in the region.

8 February 2019
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Delivering The Essence Of Hennessy

In conjunction with the Chinese Lunar New Year this year, Jas Hennessy & Co., better known simply as Hennessy, has collaborated with notable emerging artist, Guangyu Zhang, to create a magical work of art symbolising the natural and beautiful cycle of life – a dream of past and present, heaven and earth.In his unique collage commissioned by Hennessy to usher in the Year of the Boar, the circles are meant to represent fulfilment and perfection.

29 January 2019
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