
This year's event is organised by the Students' Union with assistance from the Chinese Asian Society, the Chinese Students and Scholars Association, and the Guildford Chinese Christian Fellowship. The event has proved extremely popular in previous years, reputedly becoming the largest celebration of its kind between London and the South coast.

the Helen Rose Bar will open with a DJ to welcome in the New Year of the Rat. Chinese New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar and solar Chinese calendar. In the afternoon there will be electrifying performances from Chinese lion dancers, jugglers and acrobats. This year's celebrations will take place in Rubix nightclub. The University of Surrey Students' Union will play host to a Chinese New Year Celebration on Wednesday 6 February between 4 p.m. Johns Place, Bohemia Road, Hastings, TN34 1ET Telephone: (0845) 274 1052 Surrey says Kung Hei Fat Choi

There is £1 admission charge for children, no charge for the accompanying adult and no need to book. How do you greet Kung Hei Fat Choi If you happen to be in China and if you want to say the greeting in Mandarin China’s official language (and spoken by the most number of people in the world) pronounce the greeting as Kong Xi Fa Tsai (written and spelled formally as Gong Xi Fa Cai). The sessions are run on a drop-in basis between 1.30pm and 3.30pm.
