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Mid of chef putting eyes to rat shaped dim sum 2. Close of two rat shaped dim sum on plate 3. Close pan of rat-shaped dim sum 4. Close of ear and eye 5. Close of tail made of green onion 6. Wide of chef...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eHong Kong - 1 February, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e1. Mid of chef putting eyes to rat shaped dim sum \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close of two rat shaped dim sum on plate \u003cbr/\u003e3. Close pan of rat-shaped dim sum \u003cbr/\u003e4. Close of ear and eye \u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of tail made of green onion \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of chef teaching children and adults in kitchen \u003cbr/\u003e7. Various of children rolling dough in hands \u003cbr/\u003e8. Tracking shot of children making rat-shaped dim sum \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close of child placing green onion into  dough \u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of chef putting cherry juice on dough to make rat's eyes \u003cbr/\u003e11. Various of children adding cherry juice on dough to make rats' eyes \u003cbr/\u003e12. Close of dough, pull out to child holding dough \u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Mrs Chu\u003cbr/\u003e\"These are traditional foods, if we don't learn to make them we would lose them. People from his (her son's) generation don't know. If people from our generation do not know also, then we can not pass it on. That's why it is not meaningful to just buy food.\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various close of woman wrapping custard into dough \u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of child taking dough from plate \u003cbr/\u003e16. Mid of different shaped pieces of dough \u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of chef removing radish cake from oven \u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of mother and daughter holding  radish cake \u003cbr/\u003eHong Kong - 31 January, 2008\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close of painting, pull out wide of Peter So Man Fung talking on his office \u003cbr/\u003e20. Various of Peter So Man Fung speaking \u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of Peter So Man Fung talking \u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Peter So Man Fung, Feng Shui master\u003cbr/\u003e\"To Chinese people, rat is active, like it will never die, with strong vitality. According to the fortune telling system, the year of rat is a year of romance. The year of romance is specially good for the economy. Because romance is good for human relationship, so it's good for marriage and economy. So the year of rat is a good year.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of hand\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Peter So Man Fung, Feng Shui master\u003cbr/\u003e\"This year, east is the money luck orientation, everybody wants to make more money, if the door of your flat is located in the East, then you have the money luck. Or you can place a glass of water to the east, it will help boost the money luck. This year's Jubilation orientation is south east, it represents marriage and job promotion, you can place four plant pots or place nine red flowers at that orientation, it will boost the Jubilation luck.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Various farmed magazine articles \u003cbr/\u003e26. Various of Peter So working in office \u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE: (Cantonese) Peter So Man Fung, famous feng shui master \u003cbr/\u003e\"In the past 20 years orientation of disaster is at south west, that's why many disasters have happened during these 20 years in the area of the Indian Ocean. For example, the Indonesian earthquake in 2004, the Pakistan earthquake in 2005, and many other earthquakes in 2006 and 2007. The bad luck and disaster orientation falls on the south in 2008, so there will be more disasters happen in south or south west area like Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Bangladesh or Pakistan.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28. Wide of Peter So Man Fung walking in office \u003cbr/\u003e29. Various framed magazine articles \u003cbr/\u003e30. Various of Peter So speaking \u003cbr/\u003e31. Close of notes\u003cbr/\u003eChinese communities are preparing to celebrate the Chinese New Year on February 7. \u003cbr/\u003e2008 is the 'Year of the Rat' in the traditional Chinese calendar. \u003cbr/\u003eIn Hong Kong young and old are learning how to prepare rat-shaped treats, ahead of this year's festivities.\u003cbr/\u003eIn addition one local Feng Shui fortune teller says this year is good for romance.\u003cbr/\u003eAs Chinese communities prepare to celebrate New Year, locals in Hong Kong have been learning how to make festive rat-shaped dim sum.\u003cbr/\u003eThe 'Year of the Rat' is traditionally associated with vitality and prosperity.  \u003cbr/\u003eThe minute dim sum are painstakingly assembled by a chef, while a group of parents and children watch attentively.\u003cbr/\u003eDim sum are small dough dumplings that can be filled with a variety of sweet or savoury fillings.\u003cbr/\u003eThe orange body is made from flour, while the inside is filled with custard.\u003cbr/\u003eThe rat's green tail is made from thinly sliced green onion.\u003cbr/\u003eThe ears are slivers of almond, whereas the eyes are made with two tiny drops of cherry juice.\u003cbr/\u003eSome of the children having a go make their own creative variations, ranging from dinosaurs to hedgehogs.\u003cbr/\u003eMrs Chu has brought her son along to the workshop.\u003cbr/\u003eShe says it is important for young generations to learn how to make traditional food.\u003cbr/\u003eThose taking part also learn how to make turnip cake, a traditional Chinese New Year food.\u003cbr/\u003eElsewhere in Hong Kong a Feng Shui master has been giving his predictions for the approaching 'Year of the Rat'.\u003cbr/\u003eFeng shui is an ancient Chinese practice for achieving health, harmony and prosperity according to the arrangement of dates, numbers, building design and the placement of objects. \u003cbr/\u003ePeter So Man Fung is the Feng Shui master.\u003cbr/\u003eHe says the year of the 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