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One Chi­nese com­mu­ni­ty is call­ing for greater na­tion­al recog­ni­tion of its con­tri­bu­tion to T&T.

The ap­peal came from the Sun Wai As­so­ci­a­tion as it marked the New Year at a cul­tur­al cel­e­bra­tion in Point-a-Pierre yes­ter­day. The as­so­ci­a­tion host­ed its an­nu­al Chi­nese New Year and Spring Fes­ti­val event at St Pe­ter’s Pri­vate Pri­ma­ry School, where mem­bers said the coun­try’s Chi­nese her­itage de­served wider vis­i­bil­i­ty and of­fi­cial ac­knowl­edge­ment.

As­so­ci­a­tion com­mit­tee mem­ber Can­dice Lee-Ha said the group was work­ing to broad­en pub­lic un­der­stand­ing of Chi­nese cul­ture be­yond food and com­mer­cial stereo­types.