Sentences with phrase «asian lunar new year»

At 10 a.m., the Senate Standing Committee on Education will meet to discuss a number of amendments to education law - including an act in relation to establishing the Asian Lunar New Year school holiday and an act in relation to authorizing the option of assigning community service as an alternative to suspension of students or in conjunction with student suspension.

Also, they symbolize wealth and prosperity during the Asian Lunar New Year celebration.

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Last year, Singapore - based United Overseas Bank polled respondents in three Southeast Asian countries to find out their budgets for the Lunar New Yyear, Singapore - based United Overseas Bank polled respondents in three Southeast Asian countries to find out their budgets for the Lunar New YearYear.

It was late February 2016 — still high season for Asian casinos, thanks to the Lunar New Year holiday — and Ding had been here for days.

I also keep up on the various Asian cultures» lunar calendars because they have new years» parties.

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Lawmakers say the legislation is needed because some schools, especially those in Asian communities, have a high number of absences on the Lunar New Year, which begins on Friday.

Silver presented awards to several honorees, including Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, at Asian Americans for Equality's Lunar New Year celebration, at the Jing Fong restaurant on Elizabeth Street (more on the event later).

«The celebration of the Lunar New Year is great way to share and understand the cultures of the Asian American communities of Queens,» CHRISTINE COLLIGAN, co-president of the Korean American Parents Association of Greater New York said.

«Making Lunar New Year a legal holiday would honor the culture of the tens of thousands of Asian Americans who call our city home, and I'm proud to support my colleagues in this effort.»

Parade - goers celebrate Lunar New Year, an Asian holiday that U.S. Rep. Grace Meng is trying to make a school holiday.

The Lunar New Year — traditionally marked with parades, fireworks, sweet rice cakes, pink peach flowers and dragon dancing — is the biggest holiday on the calendar for many East Asians.

About 14 percent of the city's public school students are Asian, and schools such as P.S. 130 in Chinatown have seen absence rates of 80 percent on the Lunar New Year, Silver said.

Mindful of Asian clients, who now represent about a third of its auction buyers, Christie's, like Sotheby's, held its sales three weeks later than usual to avoid a clash with the Lunar New Year holiday.

Asian Art Museum «Lunar New Year Celebration for Families: Year of the Rooster.»

Oakland Museum of California «Lunar New Year Celebration & Other Asian Traditions: Year of the Dog.»