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Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is the most important Chinese festival. Students in Hong Kong can have a two-week long holiday at the end of January or the beginning of February depended\u00a0on the Chinese Calendar.<\/p>\n

The atmosphere during Chinese New Year is joyful. People would say different kinds of greetings to each other such as “Gong Hei Fat Choy”, it means wishing you to be prosperous in the coming year. Children and teenagers will get red packets ( “red packet”\u00a0is a monetary gift packed in a red envelope) from their parents and married adults. Everyone will visit their grandparents during Chinese New Year to meet their relatives. So it is a good chance for all the relatives gathering on these days. Some of us will even have to go back to Mainland China as our grandparents and relatives are not living in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

With the joyful atmosphere, the red packets received and the happy gatherings of our relatives and friends, Chinese New Year becomes one of the favorite festivals of Hong Kong Students!<\/p>\n

Suet Kan<\/p>\n

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Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year, is the most important Chinese festival. Students in Hong Kong can have a two-week long holiday at the end of January or the beginning of February depended\u00a0on the Chinese Calendar. The atmosphere during Chinese New Year is joyful. People would say \u2026<\/p>\n

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