- This year's Street Light-Up will see the most number of
handcrafted lanterns ever made at 5,500
- New tech wall for public to send festive greetings and
well-wishes
SINGAPORE, Jan 5, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - The
Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2017 will see the addition
of several new youth-oriented programmes to enhance and deepen
engagement with the youth and young at heart for this year's
celebrations.
This includes YouthEATS @ Temple Street (6-27 Jan), which will be
part of the popular Festive Street Bazaar where 12 enterprising
entrepreneurs, including youths, will set up shops offering a
variety of popular and unique festive eats, and YHFLEA: Come Lepark
edition (14 & 15 Jan), in collaboration with alternative social
space, Lepark and online retailer, Young Hungry Free to organise a
first-of-its-kind collective flea and car boot market with over 100
curated local brands and independent designers.
At YouthEATS @ Temple Street, expect to find tasty treats such as
the braised duck Shabu Burger and Lucky Lucky Money Balls -
meatballs with delicious melted, gooey cheese to represent gold -
specially created for YouthEATS.
Those in search of unique finds can head to YHFLEA: Come Lepark
edition for eclectic handmade crafts, stylish apparel, and
locally-made items specially designed for this year's Chinese New
Year Celebrations. There will also be local music performances.
Held on the rooftop of People's Park Complex, visitors will be able
to enjoy a bird's eye view of the annual Chinatown Street
Light-Up.
Dr Lily Neo, Adviser to Jalan Besar GRC GRO (KRETA AYER - KIM SENG)
said: "We hope to provide the Chinatown Chinese New Year
Celebrations as a platform for youth to showcase their many talents
through the introduction of new elements such as YouthEATS @ Temple
Street this year. Each year, we also look forward to continuing
partnerships, such as with the Singapore University of Technology
and Design (SUTD) for the annual Street Light-Up, as well as
welcoming onboard new partners such as Lepark. This helps us to
continually evolve our programmes and keep our engagement efforts
exciting and refreshing for our local and overseas visitors."
"The Chinese New Year Celebrations at Chinatown has always been an
excellent showcase of the precinct's mix of heritage and dynamism,
delighting locals and visitors alike with an extravaganza of lights
and sounds. This year, various first time events are helping to
renew traditions and further engaging the local community to foster
a greater sense of affinity with Chinatown," said Mr Kenneth Lim,
Director, Cultural Precincts Development, Singapore Tourism
Board.
Organised by the Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens' Consultative
Committee (KA-KS CCC), this year's Chinatown Chinese New Year
Celebrations is themed "Rise to Good Fortune and Prosperity". The
seven-week celebrations will run from 7 Jan to 25 Feb 2017 and
officially begins with the Official Light-Up and Opening Ceremony,
which will be graced by His Excellency, President Dr Tony Tan Keng
Yam as Guest of Honour.
Besides the participation of overseas acrobatic and music troupes,
various local schools will also come together to present an evening
of spectacular performances, including students from Bukit View,
Bukit Panjang and Woodgrove Primary School, Victoria Dance School
as well as Queenstown Secondary School.
LARGEST NUMBER OF HANDCRAFTED LANTERNS FOR CHINATOWN STREET
LIGHT-UP
One of the most highly-anticipated events in Chinatown is the
annual Street Light-Up for Chinese New Year where the heritage
precinct comes alive in a spectacular show of lights. This year,
the streets of Chinatown will be decorated with the largest number
of lanterns ever made in Chinatown Festival history - with about
5,500 handcrafted lanterns to mark the Year of the Rooster.
Environmentally friendly LED lights were also used in the making of
the lanterns.
Designed in collaboration with 14 first and second-year students
from SUTD, the Street Light-Up illustrates the life of the Rooster
as it grows from a tiny hatchling to a mighty creature. Along the
way, it learns important life values in different stages of its
life, which is depicted through various lantern set pieces placed
on the centre divider between New Bridge Road and Eu Tong Sen
Street. This culminates in the centerpiece, a majestic giant
Rooster lantern measuring 13 metres in height, perching proudly at
the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and Upper Cross Street.
Over at South Bridge Road, peach blossom flowers, trees and red
lanterns adorn the stretch, each heralding wealth, prosperity and
peace for the Lunar New Year. This is the sixth year that KA-KS CCC
is partnering SUTD to design the Chinatown Chinese New Year Street
Light-Up.
In addition, SUTD students have also designed a new tech wall that
will screen festive greetings and well wishes sent in by the
public. The "Huat Greetings Wall" will be placed on the Garden
Bridge. Simply go to http://chinatownfestivals.sg/huatgreetings and
enter your message!
RICH LINE-UP OF FESTIVE AND COMMUNITY EVENTS TO USHER IN THE NEW
YEAR
Local and overseas visitors can also look forward to a rich line-up
of traditional and cultural festivities suitable for the whole
family.
A sold-out event each year, the International Lion Dance
Competition, which is into its 10th year, will see 17 top lion
dance troupes from 10 countries including new teams from Australia
and Macau, meeting on the meihuazhuang (Plum Blossom Poles) as they
fight for the ultimate title of "King of the Lions".
While crowds throng the 440-stall Festive Street Bazaar &
Festive Carnival for their festive goodie shopping, visitors can
also enjoy cultural musical and entertainment performances by local
and overseas performers at the Nightly Stage Shows or soak in the
history of Chinatown and learn about festive customs on the
Chinatown Chinese New Year Walking Trail led by seasoned volunteer
guides. This year, two groups will be joined by Mediacorp artistes
Hong Ling and Jayley Woo.
KA-KS CCC will also organise community events to bring the
community together while ushering in the Lunar Year. Following the
success of the first Harmony Night last year, this year's event
will be on a larger scale with 20 clan associations, religious
groups and VWOs from Jalan Besar GRC putting together a memorable
CNY gathering for 650 residents from Jalan Besar GRC that includes
special performances celebrating different cultures, religions and
dialect groups in Singapore. Another 1,000 participants, including
underprivileged families and needy elderly from Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng
Constituency as well as volunteers, will enjoy an early Chinese New
Year celebration at the Mass Reunion Dinner.
The Chinatown Heritage Centre (CHC) will also organise a series of
CNY activities. Among them includes an exhibition, organised in
collaboration with KA-KS CCC, on The Rooster Legend, and a Rooster
Family Lantern Display for close-up photo moments with the Rooster
lanterns from the Street Light-Up.
The festive atmosphere will culminate at the Chinatown Chinese New
Year Countdown Party on 27 Jan featuring MediaCorp artistes and
other performers in a live countdown show on Chinese New Year Eve.
Rounding up this year's celebrations will be the Chingay 2017 @
Chinatown on 12 Feb.
LAUNCH OF CHINESE NEW YEAR-THEMED TRAIN BY LTA
To ring in the Year of the Rooster, the Land Transport Authority
(LTA) will launch a Chinese New Year-themed train on the North-East
Line, in collaboration with SBS Transit and KA-KS CCC.
Commuters will be able to catch this festive ride decorated with
rooster motifs, along with traditional Chinese couplets expressing
well wishes for the new year, the inverted Chinese character of
"Fortune", and gold coins to represent wealth and fortune, from 15
January until 11 February. In addition, this year's decoration will
be extended to Outram Park MRT Station, where the station platform
will be decked out in a similar theme.
Collaborating with the community to create themed trains and
stations is part of LTA's efforts to improve the commuting
experience and foster a positive commuter culture.
For the full list of events and more details, please visit:
Website: www.chinatownfestivals.sg
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/Chinatown-Festivals/186429804750588
Official hashtag: #HUATatChinatownCNY
For further media enquiries, please contact:
Kherray Yeo
Ninemer Public Relations P L
kherrayyeo@ninemer.com
+65 6534 9959 | +65 9049 9129
Robyn Chen
Ninemer Public Relations P L
robynchen@ninemer.com
+65 6534 9959 | +65 9728 8858
This media release is issued on behalf of Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng
Citizens' Consultative Committee (KA-KS-CCC), the official
organiser of Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2017.
About Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens' Consultative Committee
The Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens' Consultative Committee plans,
leads and coordinates community activities for the Kreta Ayer-Kim
Seng Constituency. It channels the needs and problems of the
residents to the Government and keeps them informed of the
government's actions and policies. It also raises funds for welfare
aid to the needy, bursaries and scholarships for deserving students
and other community projects.
Source: Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens' Consultative Committee
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