The Chinese New Year, also known as ‘Spring Festi-

val’ is observed by Chinese communities worldwide.

The origin of Chinese New Year is itself centuries

old. The Chinese New Year is not only celebrated in

China but also in Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore,

Malaysia, Taiwan, and in Chinatowns in virtually

every large city in the world. The Chinese New Year

is celebrated with lion dances, fireworks, family

gatherings, meals, visiting friends & relatives, giving

gifts of red envelopes containing cash, purchasing

new clothing, shoes, haircuts and the paying of debts,

symbolizing a fresh start. In China, Spring Festival is

as important as Christmas in western countries.

The TCCI celebrated the Year of the Snake at the

Capitol Restaurant, Cannon Park. There were 200

guests, which filled the restaurant to capacity. This is

the second largest New Year celebration since our

first in February 1970.

The evening started with a lion dance. The lion

dancers, Nelson, Tony and Alan Liang, wound their

way around the tables and entertained the guests. The

TCCI President Iris He welcomed all guests, includ-

ing guest of honour the Mayor of Townsville, Coun-

cillor Jenny Hill and state and council members.

Mayor Jenny Hill spoke of the contribution made by

the Chinese people to the development of Australia,

and in particular the north.

The guests also enjoyed the performances, including

the Chinese New Year story by Fei Ren and Chenhua

Han , Butterfly on keyboard by Grace Chan, Kung

Fu by Andrew Wong, Taichi by Dr Joe Leong, and

Erhu performance by Paul Fung. Students of manda-

rin at the Confucius Classroom at the William Ross

State High School gave commendable performances

of recitation, a vocal solo Jasmine Song and a group

fan dance. Miss Nilinda Phongkangsananan and Mr.

Tony Hockings were the best-dressed lady and the

best-dressed gentleman of the night.

Apart from the fascinating Chinese New Year Din-

ner, the TCCI was invited to provide a Chinese New

Year window display at the Community Information

Centre to celebrate the Year of the Snake. We have

received some really positive feedback about the

display. The display was held from 1st of February to

15th of February. (Text by Geoffrey Jue Sue, Daly

Horne & Iris He; Photos by Joe & Judy Leong)

The TCCI Chinese New Year Celebrations

NEWSLETTER

March 2013

THE TOWNSVILLE

CHINESE CLUB INC.

Highlights:

The TCCI Chinese

New Year 2013

celebrations

Chinese New Year

Celebration @ Mu-

seum of Tropical

QLD

TCCI Committee

Members

Editor:

Wendy Li

Assistant Editor:

Michael Zhu

Mingli Feng Above: Best-dressed people: Miss Nilinda Phongkangsananan & Mr

Tony Hockings

Below: Mayor Jenny Hill

Right: CNY Window Display at the Community

Information Centre

Townsville has its Chinese Radio Show on FM

103.90 Radio 4 ttt since March 2012, with Dr

Molly Yang and Stephen Lin as Co-producers

and Iris Chang and Fei Ren as editors and pre-

senters. The team has Cantonese talents reserves

such as Ms Olivia Lo, for the proposed extra hour

for Cantonese program down the track. This con-

stituency represents the Greater China perfectly

as members come from Mainland China, Taiwan,

Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

Each Sunday from 9pm to 10 pm, the team will

present 1 hour of live program on air, featuring

news from Australia and overseas, government

information such as Centrelink policies in Man-

darin and Cantonese, community activities bulle-

tin and music. It serves a catchment of 130 km

radius from Townsville, with an open-book mem-

bership, ie we do not have a register of members.

From 18 December 2012, it has evolved into a

Net Radio, the Voice of the Great Barrier Reef at:

https://soundcloud.com/chinese-media. Providing

contents online has quite a few benefits: more

searchable by Chinese users all over the world;

more than the 1 hour show; not limited to the

time and frequency; more permanent and timely

programs and promotions for audience to listen to

on the net.

At the invitation of Museum of Tropical Queens-

land, the Chinese radio team has provided con-

tents to 2013 Chinese New Year Celebration and

Exhibition Launch on Saturday 9 February, the

Lantern Festival on Sunday 24 February, and the

exhibition will last till Friday 8 March.

North Queensland Chinese Communication

Group (Unincorporated) comes to existence dur-

ing the preparation for the events, and will take

on the tasks to become an active Chinese culture

promoter, multiculturalism advocate and hopeful-

ly to be the cradle for future visionary community

leaders. (Text and photos by Stephen Lin)

Townsville Chinese Radio Show celebrates its 1st

Anniversary in March 2013

THE TOWNSVILLE CHINESE CLUB INC.

Studio shots. Ella Lu, Iris

Chang, Mrs Liu (all three

are natives of Xi’an), and

Fei Ren

“Townsville has its

Chinese Radio Show

on FM 103.90 Radio

4 ttt since March

2012.”

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Left: Cr Jenny Hill Mayor of Townsville delivering keynote speech at 2013 Chinese

New Year Celebration Launch, with MC

Iris Chang and Stephen Lin

Above: Core team of Radio Show at 2013 Chinese New Year launch: Luchang Shao, Iris Chang,

Wayne, Fei, Qian Li, Stephen, Molly and Olivia and

two junior supporters

Below: The core team of Radio Show and the TCCI President Iris He

The TCCI Committee for 2013 was elected at the AGM on 2rd De-

cember 2012. The TCCI Committee Members for 2013 are:

President: Iris Min He

Secretary: Dr Wendy Wen Li

Assistant Secretary: Iris Hong Mei Chang

Treasurer: Hui (Holly) Horne

Assistant Treasurer: Fanny Yeung

Members: Cynthia Hing Fay, Evon Liang, Sandi Robb; Irene Marr,

Daly Horne; Melinda Holborn

Iris He arrived in Australia in 2005. She worked in the travel indus-

try in Guangxi, China. Iris graduated from Guangxi University and

holds a postgraduate Diploma in Management from Central Queens-

land University. Iris works for Carers Queensland in Townsville. Her

work involves her with clients from culturally diverse backgrounds.

She has been involved in the Townsville events such as the Harmony

Day and Culture Fest. Iris is people oriented and looks to help wher-

ever she can, and has developed a high reputation for her cooking.

Dr. Wendy Li is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, James

Cook University. Dr Li was a recipient of the New Zealand Top

Achiever Doctoral Scholarship and JCU Rising Stars Early Career

Researcher Leadership award. Dr Li has been active in voluntary

sectors in Australia and New Zealand. She was the founding Chair-

person of the Hamilton Chinese Golden Age Society of New Zealand

and is a Member of the Australian Council of Refugee and a member

of the Youth Reference Group of the Townsville Intercultural Centre.

Iris Chang: After graduating from university in China, I started my

career as a teacher. Several years later, I joined a private company as

a HR and Office Manager. I moved to Dubai to gain international

work experience in 2002 and to Peru in 2008. I moved to Australia in

2010 and work at Uniting Care as a support worker.

Hui Horne was born in Guangzhou, China and migrated to Australia

in 1987. Holly works for Serco Sodexo at Lavarack Barracks. Holly

speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English and currently holds the

position of Treasurer of the Townsville Chinese Club. Holly often

assists her husband Daly with Mandarin teaching at the club.

Cynthia Fay I was born in Chungshan, China and came to Towns-

ville reunion with my father Reg Leong in 1953. I have worked in

our family business for 36 years. I have been a committee member of

the TCCI for more than twenty years and enjoy helping with the so-

cial activities of this close-knit community. I enjoy visiting my fami-

ly, travelling overseas, playing seniors’ table tennis each week and

cheering at all the local games of the Townsville Crocodiles!

Evon Liang graduated from the Zhanjiang Campus of Sun Yat-sen

University of Medical Sciences, China. Evon moved to Australia in

1984 and retired in 2006. She likes to help out on voluntary work

when she is able to.

Sandi Robb is a historian and cultural heritage consultant with a

historical research/cultural heritage consultancy business which spe-

cialises in Chinese family history, cultural heritage management and

interpretive projects. She is her PhD on Chinese Families in North

Queensland through JCU and works full time as a Senior Heritage

Officer in the Queensland Government. Sandi has recently published

her first book Cairns Chinatown: a Heritage Study. She is a founding

member of Chinese Heritage in Northern Australia Inc. (CHINA

INC.).

Irene Marr: I was born in Guangdong, China. I married a Towns-

ville Chinese, Henry Marr and moved to Townsville after Henry

became a naturalized Australian citizen in 1963. I have 6 children

and now I have 7 grandchildren. I have been a member of the Towns-

ville Chinese Club for 20 years. The clubhouse is my second home.

Daly Horne: Daly works as an Information and Communication

Technology (ICT) Manager at Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE, co-

founded the Mandarin class at the Townsville Chinese Club in 2002

and still teaches Mandarin for the Club on a voluntary basis. Daly has

been studying the Chinese Mandarin language since 1986.

Melinda Holborn: The Chinese community in Townsville makes up

many of my family's closest friends. My father Bob, was the secre-

tary of the Club during the 1970's, and we have many fond memories

of the Club dating back to this time. After I worked for Westpac for

22 years, whilst my parents and sister ran the family florist shop –

The Silver Wattle, I established my own business "Wedding Gowns

by Melinda". I regard my involvement with the TCCI as a way to

keep our family ties with the Chinese community.

Standing (from left): Wendy, Evon, Fanny, Melinda, Holly, Iris Chang, Sandi

Seated (from left): Irene, Iris He, Cynthia

The Townsville Chinese Club Inc. Committee for 2013

Daly was chairing the AGM 2012.

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THE TOWNSVILLE CHINESE CLUB INC.

Our classes cater for al l language levels, from complete beginner to

intermediate level. I f you have

been thinking about learning a language why not Mandarin?

Mandarin is spoken by more people than any other language in

the world and is very useful for

anyone planning to travel to China and essential for anyone planning

to do business with China.

When: 9am to 10am Sundays (Except

school hol idays)

Cost:

$60 per term for 10 x lessons (Includes free annual membership

of the Townsvi l le Chinese Club)

Want to learn Mandarin Chinese?

Townsvil le Chinese Club

Where:

Townsville Chinese Club red clubhouse on Boundary St. (beside Townsville

State High School car park, opposite Reid Park V8 Supercar pits)

Email contact: daly.horne@yahoo.com http://tsvchineseclubmandarinclass.8m.net

Boundary St, Townsville, QLD

M a n d a r i n Cl a s s e s

我很好你怎么样？

“Australia in the Asian Century”

中國農歷新年，也稱為“春節”，目前在世

界各地的中國社區慶祝著。中國新年起源於

數百年前，不僅中國慶祝春節，香港，澳

門，新加坡，馬來西亞，臺灣，和世界每一

個大城市的唐人街也慶祝春節。春節慶祝活

動包括舞獅，煙花，家庭聚會，，探親訪

友，贈送紅包，購買新衣服和鞋子，理發和

支付債務等，象征著一個新的開始。在中

國，春節跟西方國家的聖誕節有著同等的重

要性。

湯市華僑會於2月10日年初一在Cannon Park

裏的Capitol餐廳慶祝新年， 共有200位來

賓，這是我們自1970二月份以來最大的一次

活動。

舞獅拉開了慶祝活動的帷幕。舞獅者

Nelson, Tony和Alan Liang在各桌子邊環

繞，恭賀來賓新年快樂。湯市華僑會主席

Iris He致歡迎詞，感謝各位來賓的支持，

特別是Townsville的市長，議員Jenny Hill

還有國家和理事會成員的支持。Jenny Hill

市長在致詞中談到了中國人民對澳大利亞，

特別在澳大利亞北部的發展，作出的貢獻。

客人們還欣賞了精彩的表演，包括任飛和韓

晨華（音）的中英雙語的中國新年故事，

Grace Chan電子鋼琴演奏的化蝶，Andrew

Wong的功夫表演，Joe Leong博士的太極拳

以及馮寶池的二胡演奏。來自William Ross

國立高中的孔子班的普通話學生表演了值得

稱道的朗誦、獨唱茉莉花和扇子舞。

Nilinda Phongkangsananan小姐和Tony

Hockings先生榮獲當晚最佳著裝的女士和最

佳著裝的紳士。

除了有趣的春節宴會，湯市華僑會還在社區

信息中心舉辦了春節櫥窗展示來慶祝蛇年。

我們已經收到了關於櫥窗展示的一些非常積

極的反饋。該櫥窗展示從2月1日至2月15日

舉行。（文：Geoffrey Jue Sue，Daly Horne &

Iris He; 圖：Joe & Judy Leong；翻譯： 朱夢石）

湯市華僑會2013年迎新春活動

新 聞 簡 報

導讀:

湯市華僑會2013

年迎新春活動

昆士蘭州熱帶博物

館歡渡中國新年活

動

湯市華僑會2013

年理事會

編輯：

利文

助理編輯：

朱夢石

馮名立

上圖: 最佳衣著獎: Nilinda Phongkang-

sananan 小姐 & Tony Hockings 先生

下圖： 市長 Jenny Hill

右圖: 中國新年櫥窗展

湯 市 華 僑 會

2013年三月

湯斯維爾華語廣播自2012年3月在本地社區電

臺4ttt調頻103.90頻道開播。初創聯合制作人

是楊茉莉博士和林立，常紅梅和任飛為編輯和

播音員。還有廣東話儲備人才羅小姐， 以應

未來新添一小時廣東話節目。這個團隊很好的

代表了大中華概念，成員來自大陸，臺灣，

香港和東南亞。

每星期日晚上9點到10點，湯斯維爾華語廣播

在空中直播1小時， 節目包括澳洲及海外新

聞， 廣東話和國語的政府資訊如社會福利部

的各項政策， 還有本地社區動態和音樂。服

務區域是以湯斯維爾為中心的半徑130公裏的

北昆地區。沒有設會員登記簿， 確是有意者

人人都是會員的開放會員制。

自2012年12月18日， 廣播上網， 延伸成為

《大堡礁之聲》網絡電臺。網址是：https://

soundcloud.com/chinese-media. 節目上網給我

們帶來幾個便利：世界任何地方的人在網絡上

更容易搜索到我們；不受電臺的每周1小時時

間限制； 不受直播頻道和時間限制；給聽眾

提供更靈活的永久及臨時節目和事項宣傳。

湯斯維爾華語廣播組還受熱帶昆士蘭博物館邀

請，主辦2013年中國新年慶典和文化展于2月9

日開幕， 24日元宵節兩天全員現場活動， 靜

態展覽為期4周至3月8日。

籌備這一活動催生了北昆華語傳媒（非註冊社

團）。其使命為積極推廣中華文化，為多元文

化辯護， 又期望成為培養有遠見的未來社區

領導人才的搖籃。(文/圖/翻譯：林立）

2013年3月湯斯維爾華語廣播慶祝開播1周年

電臺圖片： 西安3重奏：盧歡，

常紅梅和劉女士，及任飛

“湯斯維爾華語廣播

自2012年3月在本地

社區電臺4ttt調頻

103.90頻道開播。”

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左圖: 市長 Jenny Hill 在2013中國新年文化展致

辭，主持人常紅梅， 節日活動聯絡人林立。

上圖: 2013中國新年核心班底： 邵路暢， 常紅梅

和夫君偉恩；任飛， 李茜， 林立，楊茉莉和

Olivia 及兩位小朋友

下圖: 電臺核心班底和湯市華僑會主席何敏

湯市華僑會

湯市華僑會2013年理事會于2012年12月2日會員大會選舉產生。理事會

成員包括：

主席: 何敏

秘書長: 利文博士

秘書長助理: 常紅梅

財務: Hui (Holly) Horne

財務助理: Fanny Yeung

成員: Cynthia Hing Fay, Evon Liang, Sandi Robb; Irene Marr, Daly Horne;

Melinda Holborn

何敏於2005年來到澳大利亞。她曾在中國廣西從事旅遊行業的工作。何

敏畢業於廣西大學，擁有中央昆士蘭大學管理學研究生學位。抵達澳大

利亞後，她開始了社區服務方面的工作，她目前在Carers Queensland工

作，為她提供了與來自北昆士蘭不同背景的客戶接觸的機會。她積極參

與湯斯維爾的各種社區活動，包括Harmony Day和Culture Fest。何敏在

工作中以人為本，為社區盡自己綿薄之力。她還因廚藝高超而獲得很高

的評價。

利文博士於2011年始在澳大利亞詹姆斯庫克大學心理學系任教，是新西

蘭懷卡托大學心理學系特聘研究員。利文博士是新西蘭頂尖成就博士獎

學金和詹姆斯庫克大學青年科研之星獲得者。利文博士還活躍在澳大利

亞和新西蘭的社會服務領域，她是新西蘭漢密爾頓市華人晚晴活動中心

的創辦人，是澳大利亞難民委員會委員和湯斯威爾市跨文化中心的青少

年咨詢小組成員。

常紅梅: 我於1969年出生在西安。大學畢業之後，我開始了我的教師生

涯。不久之後，我辭去了教師的工作，成為一家私營企業的人力資源和

行政主管。2002年，我到了迪拜因為我想獲取國外的工作經驗。當我39

歲的時候，我去了秘魯學習西班牙語直到2010年我遇到我的白馬王子並

嫁給了他。 現在我和我的丈夫定居在湯斯維爾，我目前從事社區服務

工作。

Hui Horne: Holly出生於中國廣州，她於1987移民澳大利亞。Holly在位

於Lavarack Barracks的Serco Sodexo 工作。Holly能夠使用華語、粵語和

英語，她是湯市華僑會的財務。 Holly經常幫助她的丈夫Daly 在湯市華

僑會進行中文教學工作。

Cynthia Fay： 我出生於中國中山市，於1953年來燙斯威爾與我父親

Reg Leong 團聚。我曾與家人一起經營家族生意長達36年。我擔任了20

多年的湯市華僑會理事會成員。我樂於為華人社區作貢獻。我喜歡探親

訪友，到海外旅行。我每周參加長者乒乓球隊的活動， 我還是湯市籃

球隊Crocodiles的忠實球迷！

Evon Liang： 我於1966年畢業於中山醫學院湛江分院1984年移民澳

洲， 於2006年退休。我喜歡各種有益的活動。

Sandi Robb 是一位歷史家及文化遺產顧問，她從事歷史研究和文化遺

產顧問工作（主攻華人家族史、文化遺產管理和解釋性項目）。 她正

在北昆士蘭的詹姆士庫克大學攻讀博士學位，她的博士研究是關於昆州

的中加家庭。她在昆士蘭政府擔任Senior Heritage Officer。Sandi 不久前

出版了她的第一本書《Cairns Chinatown: a Heritage Study》。 她是

Chinese Heritage in Northern Australia Inc.的創始成員之一。

馬楊愛蘭 : 我出生於中國廣東省中山市。我與湯斯威爾市華人Henry

Marr 結婚後移民澳大利亞，並於1963年成為澳大利亞公民。我有6個孩

子和7個孫子孫女。 我加入湯市華僑會已有20多年，我視之為我的第二

個家。

Daly Horne: Daly在Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE 擔任信息通訊技術

(ICT) 經理。作為湯市華僑會的華語教學班的創立人之一 ，他在2002 年

創立了此教學班，他現在仍擔任湯市華僑會中文班老師。Daly自1986年

一直在學習中文，他是湯市華僑會的財務 Hui Horne 的丈夫。

Melinda Holborn: 我們家最好的朋友都是華人。我的父親Bob，在上個

世紀七十年代時曾是湯市華僑會的秘書，那段日子留下太多美好的回

憶。 在Westpac工作了22年之後，我創立了"Wedding Gowns by

Melinda"。我很高興我能成為湯市華僑會理事會的一員，我同時很高興

可以讓我的家人和湯斯維爾的華人緊密聯系在一起。（翻譯：馮名立）

湯市華僑會

后排 (左起） Wendy, Evon, Fanny, Melinda, Holly, Iris Chang, Sandi

前排（右起）Irene, Iris He, Cynthia

湯市華僑會2013年理事會

Daly 主持2012年會員大會

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