Australia

Congratulations on having the Chinese Spectacular and I think it is a great thing to celebrate Several years of Chinese Culture; it’s not just nice for Chinese Australians to see that culture presented in Australia, but it is important that the broader Australian community to have a rich understanding for Chinese heritage and for Chinese culture.

The story of the Chinese in our city is almost as old as Parramatta itself. For nearly two centuries of dynamic Chinese people has riched our city its wealth and its culture. And now as Parramatta become the central hub of western Sydney, the Chinese are here at our center as one of our largest communities. That’s just one reason why Parramatta stages such a huge calendar of events for Chinese New Year and why I’m delighted today to welcome the fabulous Divine Performing Arts troop. They bring alive the power and beauty of the ancient Chinese culture. I pay my respect to that great culture and I wish you all great health and prosperity in this year of the rat.  
 

Good day. I am Campbell Newman Lord Mayor of Brisbane. I extend my greeting to the viewer of New Tang Dynasty TV. I also wish everybody across Brisbane a happy and excite across 2008, the year of rat. I think it is incredible exciting we have such diverse multicultural city today. But particularly we have so many people from Chinese background. In fact 2% of people in Brisbane speak Mandarin or Cantonese. There is a wealth of wonderful events and happenings across the Chinese New Year period. But it’ll be great for people to go the Convention center in April and go to the Devine Performing Arts Chinese Spectacular. Anyway, I toast everybody across the city and extend to them wonderful festivities and greetings for the Chinese New Year period.

Hello, dear NTDTV audiences, I am Joseph Kuo, President of Australia Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce (QLD) Inc. I want to acknowledge NTDTV's effort to promote traditional Chinese Culture, and wish NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular great success. It's a very special gift for Chinese people all over the world. I wish Chinese people worldwide a wonderful New Year. Thank you!

Hello, NTDTV audiences. I am Wayne Ko, President of Global Alliance for Democracy and Peace Brisbane Chapter. At the beginning of the New Year, I wish all NTDTV audiences Happy New Year, and may all your wishes come true. I wish NTDTV's Chinese New Year Spectacular great success. Thank you!

Hello, I am Diane Beamer, NSW Minister for Fair Trading. I'd like to wish all the Chinese community a happy and prosperous New Year and thank them for their contribution to the NSW economy and culturally to NSW. Xin Nian Hao! 

I'm pleased to be part of New Tang Dynasty Television's presentation. I wish its viewers and the people interested in it the best of New Year. I also recognize the upcoming Spectacular at the Chinese New Year to focus on to show to the world, to show to Australia Chinese culture, Chinese art, Chinese music, etc.

So all the best to all of your viewers this particular year. Thank you! 

Hello, I'm very pleased to bring you a greeting for the Chinese New Year Spectacular. I am the Reverent Fred Nile from the NSW Parliament, I'm the leader of the Christian Democratic Party.

On behalf of Parramatta City, I'd like to congratulate NTDTV 2007 Chinese New Year Spectacular "Zhu Nian" and wish all of you a very happy New Year and a special time ahead of renewal and rebirth. Gong Hei Fa Chai.

Hi there, everyone and NTDTV. I would like to wish everyone in the Chinese community a very, very happy New Year, a very prosperous New Year--the Year of the Pig, have a fantastic time and I'll see you guys soon. Bye! 

Hello, my name is Lee Rhiannon, Greens MP in the NSW Upper House. I would like to wish all the viewers of NTDTV a very happy Chinese New Year and I hope that peace and happiness comes to you in this year, and a big thank you to NTDTV for giving me the opportunity to be able to send this message. All the best. Thank you!

I am Ian Cohen, I'm a Green member of the NSW Parliament. I would like to wish you Xin Nian Hao, greetings on New Year to Chinese people across the world. It's a wonderful year--the Year of the Pig, and I know that it promises great prosperity and many children and I would in particular like to congratulate NTDTV.

Well congratulations New Tang Dynasty Television for another great Chinese New Year Spectacular. The Chinese culture is one of the most ancient and beautiful in the world. We need to embrace any opportunity to showcase that culture around the world. So congratulations on another great show and looking forward to another great Chinese New Year--A New Year which brings freedom and democracy to China. Thank you!

Hello, Chris Harris is my name. I am Deputy Lord Mayor of Sydney. And I am speaking to you from Sydney today. I'd like to wish all my friends in Chinese community a very happy Chinese New Year. Gong Hei Fa Chai.

Hi, I am Alan H Evans, the Prisident of NRMA Motoring & Services, Australia Motorists' Association. Representing 7 million Motor owners throughout Australia, I'd like to wish New Tang Dynasty TV Chinese New Year Spectacular every success, and wish all Chinese around the world Xin Nian Hao!

I am Dr. Arthur Chesterfield Evans, leader of the Australian Democrats in NSW. I'd like to wish everyone a happy Chinese New Year in the Year of the Pig, and for good relations between Australia and the Chinese people. I'd like to thank New Tang Dynasty TV for putting together a great Spectacular.

Hi, I am the president of the Royal Cultural Society of NSW, which runs the Royal Easter Show, which starts on the fifth of April and runs eighteenth of April next year. It is my very great pleasure to wish NTD television a very happy New Year and
we wish you all the success in attending next year's show.

Hi, I am Brad Sheridan from the Sydney Fire Power Kings, wishing everyone a happy Chinese New Year and NTDTV happy New Year.