Happy Chinese New Year to those who celebrate it (people in China,
Malaysia and Singapore as well as oversea Chinese in other country
and others).

According to Wikipedia, it is celebrated by non-ethnic-Chinese as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year
"Celebrated in areas with large populations of ethnic Chinese, Chinese New
Year is considered a major holiday for the Chinese and has had a
strong influence
on the new year celebrations of its geographic neighbours, as well as
cultures with
whom the Chinese have had extensive interaction. These include
Koreans, Mongolians,
Nepalese, Bhutanese, Vietnamese, and formerly the Japanese before 1873.
In Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and
other countries with
significant Chinese populations, Chinese New Year is also celebrated,
largely by
overseas Chinese, but it is not part of the traditional culture of
these countries."

In Singapore and Malaysia, it is a public holiday. I take three days of leave
so I do not need to work this week. Nice.

Xiaofan
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