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Lunar New Year: Hong Kong soothsayers say Tiger will be good for Carrie Lam, and people will start travelling again
- ‘Rooster’ Lam will have it easy, but will she run Hong Kong for another five years? Nobody’s saying
- Some soothsayers still pessimistic about pandemic, others see signs of hope through Year of the Tiger
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Hong Kong’s best-known soothsayers agree the Year of the Tiger promises a smooth ride for Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, but none is prepared to say if she will lead the city for another five years.
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There was no shortage of predictions on everything from Covid-19 to economic recovery, the resumption of travel and the fortunes of world leaders when the Post asked the city’s feng shui masters and fortune-tellers what to expect in the Lunar New Year beginning on Tuesday.
They said the pandemic situation was likely to ease and more people could be travelling by early summer, but the economy would remain in a slump. And if the Tiger had its way, United States President Joe Biden was possibly looking at a better year ahead than his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping.
Followers of the ancient Chinese art of feng shui, literally “wind” and “water”, believe events are determined by an intricate balance between the five elements – metal, wood, water, fire and earth.
The 12-year cycle of the Chinese zodiac has an animal representing each year, with every animal possessing characteristics that affect not only those born in the same year, but also those born under other animal signs.
The Tiger, the third animal in the zodiac, represents strength, bravery and leadership. This new year brings the Water Tiger, as each cycle of the zodiac is also related to the elements.
A lucky year for ‘Rooster’ Carrie Lam?
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