PHNOM PENH, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen sent his greetings to the people of China on the occasion of Lunar New Year, according to his message released to the media on Saturday.
In the message dated Jan. 14 to all beloved people of China, the premier said, “Cambodia is a warm house for all brotherly people, including Cambodians with Chinese descent.”
He added, “During the time of miserable difficulty and complete separation of families in the regime of 3 years, 8 months and 20 days, we had been in the same difficult lives, losing the beloved lives of fathers, mothers, spouses, and children.”
“When the day of Jan. 7, 1979 came, we were all resurrected in warmth together, joining happiness, misery, difficulty and development together until now, it was 32 years ago,” he said.
The premier continued to say that 2012 is the Year of the Water Dragon that occurs just once every 60 years. “The Year of the Dragon with water element is more powerful than other years and will bring immense luck, wealth, and happiness to all brotherly people.”
“My wife and I would like to join the pleasures with all brotherly Chinese people and bless all of you with prosperity, fortune, and longevity,” Hun Sen wrote in the letter.
Chinese New Year is one of the largest festivals in Cambodia, up to 80 percent of Cambodian people celebrate it every year, Hun Sen said in a public speech in last January.
He said that Cambodia celebrates three times of New Year in a year: Universal New Year, Chinese New Year and Khmer New Year itself.
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