THE Chinese Welfare Association (CWA) is organising the annual Chinese Dragon Boat Festival 2012 and this year we will highlight the features of the River Lagan and the new Titanic Quarter development on Sunday, 24th June, 2012, at Belfast Boat Club, near Cutter’s Wharf, Stranmillis, Belfast.
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Hopes high that new hotel will boost tourism and trade
DETAILS of a new luxury hotel to be built in South Belfast have been released as the ambitious project forges ahead with its planning application. Novotel, a four-star hotel, will be built on the site of the current Fanum House building on Great Victoria Street if it gets the green light
Blackbird bring on the stars
A North Belfast theatre company for children and young people is bringing its latest production to a Newtownabbey stage this week. Blackbird Theatre, who are based in St Gerard’s Community Hall on the Antrim Road, bring Bone Idol to the Courtyard Theatre in Ballyearl tonight (Thursday), tomorrow and Saturday.
New York visits starts with a bang
There are a few places you don’t want to find yourself when you’ve queued for an hour and finally come within
Lack of funding forces playgroup closure
A VITAL local children’s playgroup that has served the Turf Lodge area for 30 years will close its doors for the last time at the end of the month due to a lack of funding.Holy Trinity Playgroup were told by letter this week that money from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust would not be made available to them for the coming school year, forcing the closure of the facility and causing job losses.
Flagship restaurant still going strong despite closure of hotel
ONE of Belfast’s oldest Chinese restaurants will not be affected by its owners’ decision to close a city hotel due to turbulent economic conditions. The Welcome restaurant on Stranmillis Road first opened its doors in 1973, and is owned by the Wong family, whose Welcome Group also owns the Lansdowne Hotel in North Belfast, which shut last week with the loss of up to 35 jobs
