Unveiling as part of our Lunar New Year celebration. Its very excite last week i was very comfort to join seattle to join the postal state for the unveiling of the lunar new stamp. It was attended by 300 people by eduardo who is the president of the retail of the Postal Service. Vod me and the public that Lunar New Year is the most Successful Program in the commemorative stamps. We are very happy to keep up with the tra kissing. Tradition. Today were gathered today, although the stamp is already out there, but its our tradition in our city to unveil the stamp for every one in the San Francisco bay area. So without further ado, i would like to introduce our mayor, maryland on our mayor, london breed who has unveiled a lot of stapp p. Mayor breed hello welcome and welcome to unveil this stamp. Its an exciting time filled with so much joy and excitement, especially after coming out of this global pandemic. It has been very difficult and for whatever reason, i feel like even though, we hav
And San Francisco has been the able to enjoy over the years, so many visitors and people who come from all over the world. But it is also a community. And especially during Lunar New Year, so many people from all over San Francisco they travel on the subway the 30 stockton on various bus and with our verse Ambassadors Program to come to shop, dine and enjoy china town as a whole. And so when that means with the significant influx of people there are things as a city has done and will continue to do to make sure that those experience are amazing i subside i think like oprah issue donta. Amazing for the month of february there is free parking second of all on the day of Lunar New Year parade on february 24th, you will be able to ride the central subway for free and also i want it thank so many of the City Department heads who are here. There were so men of the business this ismentmented to do other activities you know the city can make it difficult. We appreciate the work for the work th
And manager of the paper tree in jeopardy an town. Paper tree opened by my parent in 1968. So we other second oldest business in jap an town. At 55 years this year. We have beautiful papers from japan, thailand, italy, korea and the biggest selection of orgami. I do it because of my grand father and he wrote to the first english in it in the early 50s. He had an import business to import japanese goods and of course we had our line of paper. To go with the books he produced. It is something i have been doing since i was 5 and im happy to say im a designer now and of course having paper tree. It is grit. During the pandemic i wanted do something to make a statement to help combat the asian hate that was prevalent at that time. And so i put a call out to have a thousand hearts. This is a spin on the tradition of holding 1,000 cranes when you have a wish. Well, a thousand cranes does not make a statement enough why not change it and a call for a thousand hearts . I created a website dedic
[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention
[applause] [applause]. Thank you everyone. [applause] good evening. [off mic] dragon. Thats why we have special and the dragon theyre always great. [applause] [off mic] lets give a round of applause. [applause] [off mic] and welcome to this years new year celebration. I am Claudine Cheng from the the San Francisco General Hospital foundation and [off mic]. [off mic]. Particular celebration because this is the first, the first of many, many of Asian Pacific cultural celebration in the new year and family and friends getting together and wishing each other a happy and healthy new year with lots of good fortune and thats what were doing here looking out at the rotundra today. This is Diverse Communities coming together and celebrating as San Francisco family and wishing all the goodness that the year can bring, hopes, optimism, all the good things so we want to thank you for being here and i would like to say a few words in chinese. [speaking foreign language] so i justin tsai to mention