SA Coat of Arms 4.jpg The Presidency, Pretoria, 5 February 2016 Message from President Jacob Zuma for the Chinese New Year I would like to wish all members of the Chinese Community in South Africa and around the world, a happy and successful New Year - the Year of the Monkey! The Monkey is known as an auspicious symbol, thus heralding a year that looks forward to agility, inventive solutions, innovative endeavours, and flourishing business achievements. Indeed, the Year of the Monkey must encourage and celebrate individual entrepreneurs, the setting of goals with confidence and reaping the rewards of consistency and dedication. The relations between South Africa and China have grown from strength to strength. Indeed, the symbol and the spirit of the Monkey can be said to capture the energy of these relations, filled with exuberance and highly motivated and focused on achievement of common goals. Job creation At the dawn of this Chinese New Year, it is time also to contemplate the plans and aspirations for the year ahead. It is critical at this time to set goals for our relations in the year ahead. I would therefore urge and encourage the South African Chinese community to make increased job creation through the establishment and growth of small businesses and individual entrepreneurs, be one such goal we can set ourselves this coming year. As South Africans, we are appreciative of the role that the Chinese community continues to play in everyday South African life. Your investments, and job creation through the entry of many Chinese enterprises, contributes to a better life for all who live in our country. It has long been recognized that small business and private entrepreneurs are the dynamic engine room and principled force of any economy. South Africa remains deeply appreciative of the Chinese community. Prosperity It is our confident expectation that renewed motivation, innovation and energy encouraged by the year of the Monkey, will see us achieve our common goals of economic development and the prosperity of our peoples by building from the warmth of relations between the two countries. As celebrations of the Chinese Year of the Monkey with the Chinese community in South Africa and across the world commence on 8 February this year, and as you spend the next days sharing time with and nurturing relationships with family and friends, I would like to extend our warmest and most sincere greetings and wishes to you all for a prosperous New Year. A prosperous, lively and optimistic year awaits the relations between South Africa and China. Happy New Year!!! Issued by: The Presidency, Pretoria www.thepresidency.gov.za -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
