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itf tjtirefcfitvkk 312660 economist sun stouffville tribune etcetera york regions chinese community celebrates new year of great fortune bymikeadler staff writer on chinese new year annie chung is determined to have her canadianborn children fol low the rules to receive their packets of lucky money lisee the three children must on the first day of the new year follow custom by dressing in red clothes and prais ing their parents they kneel down and give you a cup of tea said chung a markham restaurateur and artist from hong kong festivities for the year of the dragon this weekend include lion dances and money gods at york region shopping malls but for many chinese families here the new year doesnt include all the things they might have done in china the lunar new year is a bigger event in hong kong said markhams peggy lam staff photorob alary ken mak captain of liking city restaurant in markham left and james leung of market marketing display part of the restaurants new years day meal saturday foods of good fortune when chinese families of the region gather for new years eve feasts tomorrow night at least some foods on the table per haps a main course or clemen tine oranges or special pastries will be there to bring happi ness and prosperity in the year of the dragon the meal is in the hong kong style food fit for a king leung said culinary tradition in china can vary from region to region and maybe family to family high school student gigi lui of richmond hill originally from hong kong said her family doesnt have shrimp on new years but does eat a cooked dried plant whose name in cantonese sounds like getting rich new years day meals saturday include sweet and sour grouper to bring abundance in the new year because the chinese word for fish sounds like something left meaning we have more than enough shrimps which ar eaten to bring happiness because their cantonese pro- nounciation ha is like laughter fried chicken because with its golden colour it too is thought to bring good luck a soup of shred ded chicken egg drops and corn meant to symbol ize good business i new dress day she said so busy they who hi brought daughter wing lam 5 jlg to a cele- l bration last fl saturday 1 at the s unionville public library maybe ill buy i for her to wear that some people are dont even remember its the kg new year said june tso a jt markham senior who on saturday just finished mak- ing deepfried dumplings filled with coconut shreds peanuts sesame seeds and white sugar some with lard in the flour to make them softer some without for crispiness a retired teacher and banker tso had already cooked and stockpiled a traditional parsnip cake a vegetable cake with salted meat a box of smiling cookies open like a person laughing you have some of these for new years youll be smiling all year and a sticky rice cake decorated with red dates much she exclaimed when a visitor see hew years page 18 its a living the godfather of sole anton schleicher dying art ofshoemaking still cobblers passion after 50 years by fred simpson staff writer anton schleicher is so busy repairing other peoples shoes these days he has no time to fix his own look at these he laughs and points to his boots they are falling apart somebody threw them out and i picked them up his jocular remarks came last week as he took pause to reflect over the fact that on feb 20 he will be celebrating his 50th anniversary as a cobbler and 20 years at his antons shoe repair store in the heart of old sec cobblers page 17 m exclusive discounfsat mcdonalds home hardware grand toy sears whole home sunoco global pet foods baskjn robbinsfsb hakim optical dairy queen london cleaners compucentre 9 thik yoic mmm mmm mm mnm m y anb you m a k k h a m g economist sun 2942200 subscribers club members are automatically entered into draws for over s2oj00oin prizes including deluxe home theatre system from fvtureshop 5000 cash courtesy of and weekly draws for free movie passes to lllinnwh congratulations to the winners of our draw for deluxe leather rediners from sears jkatyatcfmahcham i af tfremknefnewmahtet whole jjdlv xioavc ebohutaofwoodbridge and laura pickle from markham who won a 7 night caribbean cruise from ltfsumouest l zism sl