Dear all NSW Multicultural Seniors Association members !

Today, April 14th, 2018, early morning, a sunny day, as early as 7:30 Lu Wei, Lily, Wu Guiyun, Wu Guilan, Jiang Guiying, Grace, Wu Yanping, Lu Lin, and others have already arrived at the venue to bear their responsibility to begin preparations for the event, Assistant of President, Baihe has careful planed the event, the slogan has written by the secretary Gao Hong, immediately hung on the rostrum. The venue was decorated very bright, and the event was officially held at 10:00 a.m.  the Director, Liudan played his role excellent and each activity was carried out smoothly and step by step.

1)The Hon.Ernest wang, MLC member of NSW upper house .

2) Greg Commings, Mayor of Cumberland Council.

3) Julia Finn MP. 

4) George Campbell, Labor Party Candidate.

5) Lihua Lin, The Honourable Mayor of Auburn.

6) Qingsong Chen, Chairman of Sydney Trade Union.

7) Singatulin from Metro Assist.

8) Ziggy, NSW MSA sponsor. 

Above leaders attended the event and addressed separately.

Mr. Chen Qingsong, President of the General Labor Union, gave us three-case books to the Senior Citizens Week as free gift, It allowed the Chinese to find out about the tearful history of the early Australian gold rush Chinese. Ernest Chen, member of Burwood Council, has attended our event during his busy schedule and also brought some delicious cake to reward all volunteers and he wishes all the seniors a very happy and have a good time !

The 400 middle-aged and older people attending the event,  each of them was wearing a festive costume to celebrate the Senior Week. After lunch,  the Director Liu Dan lead everyone to the dance floor and start dance. Those grey-haired seniors danced so beautiful as young people. They are as lively and lovely as they are. They are so happy and to share the joy and happiness of living in this beautiful and fertile land in Australia! 

Due to all the member’s efforts, the celebration of the Senior week ended at 2 pm successfully, every middle-aged and seniors have left the venue with a satisfied smile! 

In the end, with the hard work of all the directors and volunteers, the entire venue was back to the normal, neat and tidy! 

I wish you all good luck, happiness, peaceful and healthiness !

Agatha, Yin Lan GE

 

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The most beautiful things can’t beat red sunset 

The most beautiful things can’t beat red sunst

Warm and calm

Sunset is the flower that blooms late

Sunset is the aged wine

Sunset is the love that came late

The sunset is unfinished emotion

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The melodious melody sounded, the elegant and graceful paces followed, graceful and colourful dance took place! Today, the song like the tide, flowers are like the sea; today, the beauty is like the clouds and handsome man is like forest !

New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association members celebrate their own festival ! the gongs and drums will burst with thunderous applause ! The Granville City Hall was full with many capable members ! the mayor came, and the congressman came,  gathered and joined in the event.

Today, the association of friends led by the NSW MSA president Agathia Yin Lan Ge has also dedicated a festive feast for the seniors and middle-aged friends! The artistic team led by the artistic director Liu Dan has created a splendid literary feast for everyone!

In today’s event, Direct Liu Dan carefully planned the entrance ceremony, is unique and refreshing. The waist drum team is full of passion, the cheongsam team is warm and elegant, and the Yangko team is happy and joyful.

On the stage, colourful dresses dance around the beam; under the stage, the applause is constantly, smiling like the flowers brilliant.  They aren’t  the grey-haired seniors, this is a group of plucking a piece of white cloud  bleached hair of the dreamers !

Castle Peak is still there, sunset is red.  We thankful for your accompany on the journey of our dream, the friendship association, our happy harbour !

 

YANG, Ying

 

Meipian by Jin Min

Meipian by Zhang, Hu 

SBS Radio

In mainland China, 56 ethnic groups have beautiful stories, as well as mountains and rivers that you are fascinated by, and 56 ethnic groups have different national costumes. They form a Chinese dress culture and minority culture. A beautiful road in the middle of the road. After the precipitation of history and culture, each nation has its own characteristics, and national costumes have become their greatest charm.

For all of you, the legal representer of Australian Russian-Chinese Heritage Society, also the WeChat “Permanent Memory” group leader Mr Singatouline, took some beautiful photos of the minority costume of the Xinjiang region in China, please watch them through the Media Platform MeiPian ! Thanks !

At 10:00 this morning, the team of the Chinese Ancient Rhyme Drum Art Troupe and the Yang Ying team rushed from all directions to a park in Wentworthville for an obligatory performance.

The cultural performance starts at 12:00 and ends at 4:00. Today’s temperature is as high as 36 degrees.

Under the scorching sun and grassland, the actors are sweating and meticulously perform lumbar inspiration and classical dance for all ethnic groups. The enthusiastic applause was greeted by the enthusiastic and energetic waist-inspired and elegant and graceful southern style!

It is worth mentioning that Cumberland Mayor Greg Cummings also came to the park to participate in today’s event and took photos with the actors of the two teams.

Today, the venue did not provide lunch. The actors relied on a few fruits, hungry, and spent more than six hours in the Wentworthville park! No one is complaint.

Everyone forgot about hunger, passion, and joy to show the Australian people the colorful elements of China.

The beauties of the beautiful United Artists Art Troupe, you are the beautiful messengers of Chinese culture and pay tribute to you!

Yang, Ying

Today, friends from Xinjiang and northeast China once again demonstrated the culture of Chinese and Russian descendants in the activities of Russian social organizations. Although we are a small number of Chinese and Russian cultural enthusiasts, with their love of Sino-Russian culture, they are actively and enthusiastically disseminating the Chinese and Russian cultures and have been recognized and loved by the Russian community. What surprised me and touched me was that when the head of the Russian community presented a certificate of honor to our performers and said that we belong to the same lineage and come from the same culture. The preservation and dissemination of national culture is a far-reaching event. Many of us are capable of singing and dancing.

I encourage our Russian-Chinese descendants, please participate actively and make suggestions and make joint efforts to make this happen! Thank you for all the friends who participated in the performance!

 

Renia ( Xinjiatulin)

Please refer to the Media Platform

 

“NSW MSA” New Year Festival, “Art Festival” brilliant! Report 2018.2.18 (the first day of the third day of the dog year) “NSW Multicultural Seniors Association Spring Festival and Festival activities held in Strathfield City Hall auditorium. The guests filled the auditorium both inside and outside the auditorium with hundreds of congregations, and the rich “Chinese style” and the prosperous “Wang” year-round atmosphere of the New Year. 9:30 am The President of the Association, Ge, Yin Lan delivered a message of congratulation on the New Year, giving a brief account of the development of the Association over the past few years. “I would like to express my gratitude to all the members and guests for their concerted efforts in starting a business so as to urge everyone to continue their efforts in the new year and beyond. At the very beginning, we should try our best to make the “NSW MSA” a “home” that cares for the middle-aged and old people of all ethnic groups and better contribute to the multi-cultural community and community. Invited guests, “New York House Speaker Guo-Zhong Wang,” “Northeast Association President” Jiang Baotai “and other speeches, warmly congratulated the” NSW MSA”.  9:45 Culture and Performing Arts show kicked off in the drumsticks of “Beautiful China”. Fifteen dances and other shows were brilliant. More than a dozen art groups from the Association flocked to the stage to perform exquisitely and gracefully. Bodybuilding and dance, cheers, applause, it is refreshing, enjoy the visual feast. Finale drama by the “Oriental Yun Model Art Troupe” together a number of art teams, dozens of people in the hall (the best in the world)  cheongsam dance, Beautifully dressed, beautiful clouds, show the charm of traditional Chinese culture and cheongsam style.  Beautiful Art and spectacular performance attracted all audience as same as they enjoy the “ice cream” cool as at hot weather and cheerful. So far the performance of theatrical curtain came to an end. At about 11 am,  NSW MSA offered all audience the Fresh Lunch Box, after Lunch,  some of the Congregation gathered in the hall again start ballroom dance “Yan Guangming” a dancing teacher lead the dance, “Liang Jingru wish.” Happy entertainment, enjoy themselves! Memorable moment for the grand occasion (the third day of the first lunar month is the tradition of Chinese friends and relatives, and February 18 implies “passionate” & Good Luck, chasing Dream and having a brilliant 2018, I wish NSW MSA will be more prosperous with all the year success and glory future! (MeiPian contain 168 photos, please click and save them for your own memories. Zheng,Jing Min present)

Please refer to the following reports on the Media Platform:

1. Jing Min  Meipian

2.  DTV 澳洲東視影視傳媒  Meipian (1)  & Meipian (2)

3. Zhang Hu Meipian

Dear Members of All NSW Multicultural Seniors Association,

Hello everyone!

Today, I, Genia, head of the association of Chinese and Russian descendants of cultural preservation, my assistant Yu Jie, head of Marrickville venue Yuan Shilian, head of Cabramatta venue Nick, head of the Friendship Association musical instrument troupe Chen Huirong, attended Executive director of the association Mr. Wenliang Qiu’s funeral ceremony.

I represent our community as master of the farewell ceremony, to thank teacher Qiu for contribution to our community in just a few months, to express our sympathy and condolences to his son Jin Qiu.

Mr Xu, leader of Beijing Community Association and Minister of the Salvation Army presided the ceremony as well.

All the members of the Little Red Riding Hood sang the group song  “we meet in Sydney,” for teacher Qiu, it was the last time.

Under a serious atmosphere of unity at the funeral ceremony, everybody said good bye to him. Mr Qiu, a good member of our community is away forever from us.

His story will be recorded in our community nation’s hero book in New South Wales.

Agathia Yin Lan Ge

 

Please refer to the Meipian

“NSW MSA end year celebrate for Christmas and Little Red Riding Hood” birthday 

      The event is over – 2017

After a long period of preparation and the careful practice, on 19th Dec, from 10:30 to 16:00 the annual NSW Multicultural Seniors association of all middle aged and Seniors members “Celebration of Christmas and Little Red Riding Hood” celebration event was held at the Marrickville Community Hall.

It was hot and sunny day with high temperatures, everyone were hot and sweat, but the members and volunteers worked very hard, their enthusiasm has not been impacted ! More than 500 people gathered  in the venue, all were dressed  up for festival !

Around 7 o’clock in the morning, the president Ge, Yin Lan and committee members Yu, Jie; Lu, Wei; other members; and volunteers came early to decorate the venue, prepared to welcome all members arrive. The event was chaired by a Chinese television host Ren, Dan Ping.

President Ge, Yin Lan made a speech first,  she extended her heartfelt holiday greetings to all the governing board members, directors, volunteers and all members of the association as well as the little Red Riding Hood group who joined the association.  She wished every one happily and healthy !  She also reported the achievements and development of the association in the past year.

The existing dance floor have been extended to: Cabramatta, Berala, Granville, Strathfield, Burwood, Redfern, Marrickville , etc., the existing number of services specifically for senior members to solve problems are: create a new hobby class at Ashfield; Dance classes at Regents Park.

In Berala, there are classes in English and Computer Classes for mobile phones; Fill forms for seniors and elderly people, translate letters; make doctor appointments; JP sign; Chinese overseas Chinese Security and immigration lectures.

President Ge made rewards to the venue leaders and team leaders who made important contributions in the past year. The excellent workers of this year are Qi, Meiyun;  Lu, Wei;  Xu, Yueli; Zhang, Xiumei; Wu, Guilan; Lu, Lin; Yu, Jie; Lily; Dou, Xinjia and Wu, Guiyun.

The event also elected more committee members, added a new executive director. The new leadership members are:

President: Ge, Yin Lan;

Vice President; Hu, Feng Zhen;

Acting President: Gary Dou;

Assistant President: Yu, Jie;

Secretary General: Michelle Zhang

Executive Director: Qiu, Wenliang

Executive Director: Dou, Xingjia

Executive Director: Lu, Wei

Executive Direct: Qi, Mei Yun

During the celebration of the little red riding hood birthday,  group leader Mr Qiu, Wenliang reported on the changes in the past year since the founding of the association; Mr Lu, Wei, presented all dancers, and Ms Zhang, Huihua presented of each dance troupe also made speeches  respectively.

The celebration of theatrical performances from various groups of the association, the performance were very impressive with dazzling costumers, with excellent performing skills. Beautiful and moving, sailors dancing, bullfighting dancing also convey the dynamic and youthful power;  sound wonderful music echoed in the performance hall and marked a memorable memories ! The photos and videos were posted on our social platform WeChat Groups. Members expressed their happiness and the joy of participation.

The association have now developed into six art groups: they are Zhang, Xiumei Regiment; Li,Yanhua Regiment; Zhang, Guihua Regiment; Zhang, Han regiment; Yang, Ying regiment; Huang, Lei regiment; A Qing Mission. These literary and art groups not only participated in the large-scale activities organised by the association four times a year, but also took part in square dance performances, community performances and nursing home performances. Through their performances, they enriched everyone’s life and brought joy and happiness.

Congress also made membership to re-register, to strengthen management. New members were given a Christmas greeting and gifts.

It is mentioned that all the sponsors that have supported and sponsored the association for the past six years, today at high temperature reached as high as 33 degrees, the hall without any air conditioners and 600 people in the hall were suffering, the association sponsor have delivered and restored the Air-Conditioners temporarily to cooling the air and comfort members, at the same time, the sponsor supported the event with 600 bottles wine, each bottle valued at $35.00 as Christmas gift to all attendees, the middle-aged and seniors  about 600 of them were very appreciated the sponsors support !

The event ended after all middle-aged and seniors joyous dance, they spent a very nice day !

Thanks for all my friends ! Wish every one Merry Christmas and a happy new year ! Happiness and well-being !  The President Ge emphasis the association obligation on all the executive directors; directors; volunteers and all members to serve the seniors better in next year, engaging in more and more prosperous !

In October 2017, the Association Cabramatta Activities Centre (a branch of New South Wales Multicultural Seniors) received financial support and sponsorship from Fairfield Mayor, Frank Carbone. This is the government’s recognition and encouragement of our work in contributing and impacting on senior’s community life. It will surely inspire us for future years, striving to constantly do better with our passion for the care of the seniors in our community.

We wish to thank the Cumberland Council for providing financial support which has helped maintain an active community life by enriching the cultural activities of immigrant middle-aged and senior citizens The New South Wales Multicultural Seniors Association organized a fund-raising event and grandparents’ day to celebrate literary activities.
It was held on October 14, 2017, from 10am to 3pm. The “Event Reps Presentation and Celebration of Grandparents’ Day” was scheduled at the Cumberland Town Hall Auditorium.

Some very important guests were in attendence:
1. The Honorable Ernest Wong (Member of NSW Legislative Council);
2. Mr. Greg Cummings (Mayor of Cumberland);
3. Mr George Campbell (Labor Party Candidate);
4. Mr Donna Davis (Senior Elective Officier);

5. Mr. Jiang Baotai, Executive Vice President of Peaceful Reunification Promotion Association of Sydney,
6. Mr. Shen Feng, Chairman of the Beijing General Federation of Sydney Metro Assist of the Sino-Russian Descendants Culture Reservation, New South Wales National Association of Middle-aged and Old-Age Friends Sponsors
7. Mr. Ziggy Cumberland Council
8. Mr. Geroge Campell, Cumberk Council Young Kun Kun Mr. Han Zhilan, President of the Cultural Heritage Association of Chinese and Russian Descendants, Little Red Riding Hood Mr. Qiu Wenliang, head of the pedestrian delegation, and Mr. Michael Ng, representative of Auburn.

First, the meeting was addressed by the chairman of the association, Agathia Ge Yinglan; Mr. Wang Guozhong, Mayor Cumberland. The leaders have made speeches and congratulations.
Next, the Drum team, the Qui’po model team, the national dance troupe and the sailors have done a wonderful performance. Russian Chinese team also made a bilingual performance of “permanent memories” chorus; Xinjiang folk dance “Dolan”.
After the performance, a certificate of honour was given to the contributing art troupe by Mr Greg Cummings, Mayor of Cumberland.
Winners are: Yao Shimin, Zhang Guihua, A Qing, Zhang Han, Yang Ying and Li Yanhua.
President Agathia Ge Yinglan presented the honorary certificate to the leader of the conference, Zhang Xiumei.
The congress breaked for lunch in a harmonious and friendly atmosphere with nearly 400 people dining. Delicious meals were provided by Lu Wei, Wu Guilan, Wu Guiyun, Jiang Guiying, Yu Jie, Xu Yueli and other members of the Association, and their hard work was acknowledged.

After lunch, President Agathia Ge Yinglan announced the beginning of grandparents’ day celebration, and wish all grandparents to relax and sing! There was beautiful music, dancing, and singing, creating a very happy and emotional event.
The celebration of “Grandparents’ Day” is one of the largest events the Association has put together since its founding. It marks the development and growth of the Association of Multicultural Seniors. It also shows that our social influence and important role have reached new heights in the community.
The success of this party was made possible from the strong leadership of our president and benefited from many organisers and staff members like Qi Meiyun, Lu Wei and Michelle Cher, who worked tirelessly. Everyone from different ethnic groups, different and social backgrounds were in attendance.
Our impact has allowed senior members of the community to interact with each other, build new lasting friendships and escape any loneliness they might be experiencing. The physical and mental activities provided help to maintain a healthy lifestyle. This will surely guide us to create a better environment for seniors!

We are thankful for our community, and we especially are thankful for our beautiful life here in multicultural Australia.