Happy Chinese New Year

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Gong Xi Fa Cai to all my Chinese friends especially my ex-colleagues at Maybank, Kuching and my Chinese cousins back in Balingian, Mukah and Miri. I missed the round of visits I used to make with the other colleagues back then. Hopefully can do some visiting this year.

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