Chinese New Years Celebrations 2012
A Very Happy Chinese New Year to all of you!!
As we welcome in the YEar of the Dragon on the 23rd of January 2012, we would like to wish you all a year of prosperity, wealth, health and happiness!!
A couple of events happening these next few weeks:
1) 21st of Jan - Chinese New Years Street party and fireworks show in SA's Frist ChinaTown, Commissioner Street.
- Starts at 7pm with the dragon dance, cultural singers, lion dance, release of the wish lanterns culminating with a spectacualr fireworks display by Starburst PyroTechnics (the team that did the opening and closing ceremonies of the FIFA Soccer World Cup).
- Police and security personnel will be present.
2) 22nd of Jan - Celebration at the Nan hua Templ in Brokhorstpruit.
- starts at 10am with lots of food stalls and celebrations!!
3) 28th of Jan - Celebrations at the Brightwater Common!
4) 4th Feb - Chinese New Year festivities and street party in Cyrildene. Roads will be closed off and their will be the tradtional lion and dragon dancers performing.
5) 11th Feb - The annual Chinese New Years Ball at Emperors palace.
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We would like to especially thank our sponsor SAA!
Introducing Direct Services to Beijing, China
For the first time in the history of the airline, SAA will introduce direct flights to Beijing, China; from January this year.
The inaugural flight is scheduled to depart on Tuesday 31 January 2012 from Johannesburg to arrive in Beijing, China; on Wednesday 1 February 2012. These flights are available from today for reservations in the global distribution system (GDS) and via SAA’s website flysaa.com, the airline’s on-line website.
Introducing direct flights to Beijing is in line with SAA’s strategy to expand its network to Asia, the fastest growing market in the world. SAA will operate the route three times a week. The route will be served by the Airbus A340-600 aircraft, which have the capacity to operate the route directly all year round with no passenger payload restrictions. Flying time between Johannesburg and Beijing takes on average 15 hours.
Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world. The city is the country's political, cultural and educational centre and home to the headquarters for most of China’s largest state-owned companies.
