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Asia prays for greater prosperity during Year of the Goat.
(From Agence France Presse)
Asia welcomed the Lunar New Year with millions streaming into temples to pray for more prosperous times after another 12 months of economic gloom.
Thousands of people poured into Kong Kong's famous Wong Tai Sin temple as soon as the doors swung open on the stroke of midnight, vying to be first to offer prayers on the Year of the Goat.
"World peace and I hope Hong Kong people can make more money were my prayers," one middle-aged man said, after battling through the heaving masses to offer his bundles of joss sticks.
"I prayed for good health... and no more wage cuts for workers," his female companion chirped in.
Thousands also lined the streets of waterfront Wanchai to watch a colourful parade which featured some 12 floats and 37 groups of performers from home and abroad.
But the procession was smaller than last year's, when 22 floats and 39 performers participated, a possible sign of further belt-tightening in readiness for another tough year financially.
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