{"id":4942,"date":"2022-02-20T10:34:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T10:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2022-02-28T08:23:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T08:23:57","slug":"cny-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/suka.org\/home\/cny-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"SUKA CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4942\" class=\"elementor elementor-4942\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-634340a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"634340a2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5716f049\" data-id=\"5716f049\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f29aaf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f29aaf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imagesvc.meredithcorp.io\/v3\/mm\/image?url=https:\/\/static.onecms.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2022\/01\/26\/year-of-the-tiger-1.jpg\" alt=\"Uploaded image\" \/><\/h5><h6><em><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Source: Getty<\/span><\/em><\/h6><h3>SUKA CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS 2022<\/h3><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Gong Xi Fa Cai! \u606d\u559c\u53d1\u8d22\uff01<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After a year of celebrating Chinese New Year on Zoom, the resounding enthusiasm from our members encouraged us to organise our event on 12th February.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">100 of our members joined in at Royal China Restaurant at Baker Street for a spectacular event. The 10 course banquet was fit for a king. Singapore&#8217;s Deputy High Commissioner to the UK Ms Cheryl Lee was our Guest of Honour for the evening. Entertainment by way of the auspicious Lion Dance and our very own SUKA&#8217;s songbird and Vice President Helena Lim-Poole were our highlights for the evening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our popular Raffle Draw, with the first prize being a Singapore Airlines return ticket to Singapore, brought the event to a close.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We look forward to welcoming members at a future event!\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Happy New Year! \u65b0\u5e74\u5feb\u4e50\uff01<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ms-Cheryl-Lees-Speech.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Ms-Cheryl-Lees-Speech.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Our Guest of Honour Ms Cheryl Lee with the Opening Speech<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Yu-Sheng.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Yu-Sheng.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>Tossing the yu sheng to mark the Year of Tiger<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lion-Dance-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Lion-Dance-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>The Lion Dance making its way into the crowd<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Helena-Singing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/suka.org\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Helena-Singing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" \/><\/a><\/p><p><strong>SUKA Vice-President Helena Lim-Poole leading a sing-along of &#8216;Gong Xi\u2019 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