Chinese New YearLunar New Year is the most important festival in the Chinese
calendar and is a time to exchange well wishes and gifts of good
fortune. The streets of Chinatown become lit with red lanterns,
twinkling lights and elaborate decorations, fireworks colour the
sky and busy street bazaar stalls are laden with Chinese delicacies
and symbols of prosperity and good luck. Part of the festivities is
the Chingay Parade, the largest and grandest street procession in
the country, which is a multi-cultural a Event Date: 23 January 2012 Event Time: Parade: 8pm Venue: Chinatown (Parade in Orchard Road, River HongBao in
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