Anwar attends MCA Chinese New Year gathering

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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Cabinet ministers attended the Chinese New Year celebration hosted by MCA in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday (Feb 10).   Read more at http://tinyurl.com/mrvhja95  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 It was a festive multiracial celebration as Malaysians gathered at MCA's Chinese New Year

00:13 Open House on Saturday to usher in the Year of the Dragon. The event was graced by Prime

00:19 Minister Datuk Sri Anwar Ibrahim, who was greeted by MCA President Datuk Sri Dr. V Kasiok

00:24 and other party leaders. Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Sri Dr. Harman

00:29 Zahid Hamidi, UMNO Deputy President Datuk Sri Mohd Hassan and MIC Deputy President Datuk

00:34 Sri M Saravanan. Other guests included Cabinet Ministers Fadlina Sidde and Datuk Sri Mohd

00:40 Sabu. At the ceremony, Anwar joined in tossing the

00:43 Yi Sang, a traditional dish which is symbolic of good luck, prosperity, health and all things

00:49 of auspicious.

00:57 The open house, which started at 10am, featured a variety of performances and a delicious

01:02 spread of local food.

01:03 Thousands of people from all walks of life joined in celebrating the joyous occasion.

01:11 I'm quite happy to be here. This is a true Malaysian spirit, true Malaysian multiracial

01:19 function. So I brought my children today to experience all about multiracial unity in

01:26 this country. So I'm so proud to be Malaysian. I'm so happy, glad to be, to join this function.

01:32 So I met all sort of Malaysians, Chinese, Indian, you know, Malays especially. And then

01:37 the food that we had is all Malaysian food. Okay, so I'm so glad about it. I'm so happy.

01:43 I've been to many functions like this. So usually, I come here alone. But this time,

01:49 I brought my children to experience the Chinese New Year celebration.

01:58 The atmosphere is so harmonious. When I see all the people, even the foreigners, it

02:07 feels like I'm in Malaysia. It's so harmonious.

02:13 Yeah, I really appreciate this kind of environment, the ambience, where all kind of races and

02:20 all walks of life coming together to celebrate Chinese New Year. I think we saw Prime Minister

02:28 and several Cabinet Ministers who also attended this event. I think this has been the tradition

02:34 for MCA and I hope this kind of practice will continue, especially for the unity of the nation.

02:41 Gong Xi Fa Cai! Gong Xi Fa Cai! Gong Xi Fa Cai!

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