06/12/2025
This Wednesday evening, we gathered for the 2025 CASA Christmas Party, celebrating another successful year with our Chinatown Adelaide community.
Thank you to all our distinguished guests, committee members, volunteers, and friends for making the night truly special.
We were honoured to welcome:
• Mr Steve Georganas MP Federal member for Adelaide & Mrs Barbara Georganas
• Cr Eleanor Freeman, City of Adelaide
• Mr Zhong XinXiang & Ms Yao Na, Consulate-General of the PRC in Adelaide
• Mrs Becky Houston, Multicultural Commission of SA
• Former Presidents Cathy Chong AM & Herman Chin, Eric Lai, David Wong, and Legal Advisor Claudia Cream OAM
(Premier Malinauskas and Minister Bettison sent warm wishes.)
During the evening, we introduced our new 2025 CASA Committee members:
President:
Wayne Chao
Vice Presidents
Long Chen
Ye Yang (Jacky)
Jingjing Hang
Secretary:
Tony Hvasanov
Treasurer:
Yidan Wang (Winnie)
Committee Members:
Jiaqi Wang (Jacky)
Xuerong Bu (Shirley)
Yiming Yin
Kelvin Wong
Yanchao Liu
Guoyan Xu (Miki)
Felix Wang
launched our new website (chinatownadelaide.org), and announced two new sub-committees:
• Dragon Dance Team Sub-Committee (Chair: Long Chen; Deputy: Jingjing Hang)
• Chinese Traditional Percussion Ensemble Sub-Committee (Chair: Yanchao Liu; Deputy: Jingjing Hang)
We also shared key dates for our 2026 Lunar New Year celebrations:
• Chinese New Year Concert – 18 Feb
• LNY Street Party – 21 Feb
• Chinese New Year Dinner – 23 Feb
A BIG thank you to our confirmed sponsors for 2026 —
Department of the Premier and Cabinet, SBS , Auta Group , and Raine & Horne Unley for their continued support.
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to celebrating the Lunar New Year with you in 2026!