VIP Greetings: Delaware Officials

Mayor of City of Wilmington
James Baker

The Chinese New Year is on the January 29th. Of course we’ve already celebrated ours on the first. Just to show you the similarity between all of us, we are just 28 days apart in terms of how we celebrate the beginning of a new time. That is what I think is the most important – a celebration of a new beginning. We all celebrated together.

Obviously, we all want a great future and happiness and peace in our lives. I wish that for all of you. If you have a chance to come to Wilmington, we do appreciate having you here and welcome you to enjoy this city and enjoy this great country as well, as we have people go to China to enjoy and see China. Happy New Year! Xin Tang Ren, Xin Nian Hao!

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Director of Cultural Affairs, City of Wilmington
Tina Betz

Welcome to Wilmington! We are glad to be able to meet you, whether you are actually here in the city or visiting us via this wonderful telecast. We hope that someday we will have a chance to actually visit you where you are or you visit us where we are if you haven’t done that already. It is important because we are talking to millions of people, and we are talking in a way that is open and free. That is something we take for granted I think often here in United States. We do speak our mind and get a chance to be heard. This effort by this television network to give voice or to give ear to voices that are often not heard, is very important in that step for bridging the gaps between us.

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Wilmington City Council President
Theodore Blunt

We are very proud and pleased that this major Gala is going to take place in the city of Wilmington, as well as in other cities and countries around the world. It is most certainly a pleasure for us to participate in this process. It gives us an opportunity to bring various cultures right here to Wilmington. More importantly, it is to essential let those in China to see us Americans to participate in the Chinese New Year celebration.

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New Castle County Council President
Paul G. Clark

On behalf of the New Castle County and New Castle County Council, a Happy New Year! I’m very happy to be here speaking to you and projecting across the vast oceans to China. I hope everyone some day has the chance to come visit New Castle County, Delaware. I think you can have a good time. It is a very fun place. When you think of Delaware, you can visit a lot in a short period of time. So, Happy New Year!

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New Castle County Executive
Chris Coons

Hi, I’m Chris Coons and I’m the New Castle County Executive, from New Castle County Delaware. I’m excited about the NTDTV Chinese New Year Gala for this year- I think that this is just another opportunity for us to get connected to the world, to understand the diversity of our own community and to embrace that diversity. This gala will allow everybody in New Castle County and in the 16 other cities that are hosting this global gala, to realize some of the benefits that come from embracing Chinese culture as well as the diversity of our modern world. Xin yay hao, Happy New Year and I hope you have a very successful gala.

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Mayor of the City of Newark
Vance A. Funk III

On behalf of the City of Newark, I’d like to greet all of the residents of our Chinese community and especially wish them a Happy New Year in the Year of the Dog.

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Wilmington City
Councilman at-large
Theopalis Gregory

My name is Theopalis Gregory, I’m a city council person at-large. First let me say Happy New Year to the Chinese community here in our small community and elsewhere throughout the world; we wish you a prosperous year as we do all folks on earth. Let me first congratulate you on your efforts and your energies to get this happening in your country firstly and secondly to say that I’m a firm believer that information and education is power so it makes sense for a suppressive government to try to keep people from being educated and having information. I do believe that it is very important to any group of people to be educated and to have information. So again, congratulations on your breakthrough in bringing information to your community. I want to wish you a happy and prosperous new year and may things be well and blessed for you in the next 12 months. Xing Nian Hao!

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State Representative
Joseph E. Miro

My name is Joseph Miro. I am a state representative of state of Delaware. I’d like to wish all the Chinese and American populations, not only in the state of Delaware but across the country, a very Happy New Year of 2006.

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Majority Leader, State Senator
Harris B. McDowell

I am Harris B. McDowell. I am state senator, senate majority leader here in Delaware. Happy New Year to all our Chinese friends and hope you to come to visit Delaware.

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State Representative
Roger P. Roy

Roger Roy, I am state representative in the Hockessin area in the state of Delaware. I want to wish all of my constitutes and all the Chinese and Americans that will be viewing this Happy New Year in this Year of the Dog.

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Executive Director, Delaware Division of the Arts
Laura Scanlan

Welcome, congratulations, and Happy New Year to the entire Chinese and Asian community around the world, and to those who are watching, Happy New Year from Wilmington, from the Division of Arts and all of us who support the arts and understand that through the arts we can become a smaller universe and closer to one another.

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Wilmington City Council Member 4th District
Hanifa G.N. Shabazz

City council is very appreciative for being chosen as one of the host cities for the 2006 NTDTV Global Gala. I commend the New Tang Dynasty for its production for the Global Gala and the GPACC for their hard work and commitment to share the rich Chinese culture and history with the world. Xin Nian Hao! (Happy New Year!)

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New Castle County Councilman
Timothy Sheldon

Xin Tang Ren, Xin Nian Hao!

Please, in you new year, be proud of who you are. Practice the lion dance. It’s a beautiful art form. Continue doing this. It bridges the 2 cultures together. The lion dance which I performed before is very interesting. People love it, the Americans love watching that. Keep your culture and heritage alive by continuing and learning how to do that. I thank you keep the Chinese culture and we do need that across the world. Not only Americans should see that, Chinese people, mainland, and Taiwan and the rest of the world should see lion dance. Thank you!

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New Castle County Councilman
George Smiley

Happy New Year! Stay strong and be free. Thank you for allowing me to participate.

Xin Tang Ren, Xin Nian Hao!

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House Speaker
Terry Spence

May the Year of the Dog be a prosperous time for you, your family and friends.

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State Senator
David P. Sokola

David P. Sokola, State Senator from Delaware. Wishing holiday greetings to NTDTV!

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New Castle County Councilman
William Tansey

Since I have been involved in the preparations, I am very excited and I would hope that it will bring many people and many cultures to Delaware and to Wilmington. Every body, particularly the Chinese American community would be involved and given the opportunity to expose itself to the world. Xin Nian Hao!

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New Castle County Councilwoman
Karen Venezky

My name is Karen Vanezky and I’m a New Castle County Councilwoman, New Castle County, Delaware. I wish everyone on this wonderful Chinese New Year peace, happiness, health, and prosperity. To the Chinese people in China and to the Chinese people in the United States especially New Castle County and to everybody who is hearing this broadcast, my hope for you is that eventually communication is open and free in China, and that what New Tang Dynasty TV is doing becomes what is going on nationally so that you get the information that you need and it is unbiased and uncensored. That’s what New Tang Dynasty TV has started for you and let’s hope it continues, and that this is the way that you receive all information in the future.