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Feng Shui IndexCLSA FENG SHUI INDEX 01-03We’ve cast the bones, tested the waters, sniffed the wind and sat at the feet of the masters. Here is how we see the Hang Seng Index performing in 2011

OVERVIEW 04-05What’s in it for you? Plenty. This guide to the guide has got the lot, at a glance

MONTHLY FORECASTS 06-09From February’s Wood Tiger all the way to the Earth Cow, with snapshot panels and notes of lucky and unlucky dates

RABBITS IN REVIEW 10-11We look back at how well the market performed under the past five Rabbits

SECTOR FORECASTS 12-15Using the most elementary analysis, we assess the outlook for 10 key sectors

YOUR HOROSCOPE 16-27The year ahead for each of the 12 zodiac signs, from the Rat to the Pig, featuring quick-flick panels for the time-challenged

FAMOUS FACES 28-30The year ahead for Ben Bernanke, Julia Gillard, Zhang Xin, James Tien, Bugs Bunny and Kim Jong-un

MINEFIELD MAP 31A quick guide to locating and disarming the year’s three key sources of bad energy

HK PROPERTY GUIDE 32-33‘Hot’ and ‘not’ plots, plus killer corridors and knowing when to just keep quiet

ALL-POINTS BULLETIN 34Rewarding things to do with a handful of pebbles, a few keys and a pink envelope

Feng Shui Index 2011

Self-important noticeBefore turning inside, please ensure your tongue is located firmly in one or other cheek, that the knee-hee bone is connected to the leg-pull bone, and that you’ve signed the official humour waiver.

Feng Shui Index

YEAR OF THE RABBIT2011 4708W E S T E R N C A L E N D A R C H I N E S E C A L E N D A R

THE CLSA FENG SHUI INDEX 2011

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Reading it rightIt may be little more than wind and water, but we’d wager that the art of feng shui interpretation can be just as complex (and certainly arcane) as trying to discern head-and-shoulders patterns, Elliott waves and the like amid the market’s tidal fl ows, trends and fever lines.

Not to worry, though. As ever, we’ve done all the heavy-lifting, leaving you to take it or leave it - along with the caveat carried by all our Feng Shui Index forecasts since we started publishing them in 1992: Keep a few grains of salt handy and note that, although we put a lot of hard slog into the reports and consult widely, our tongue is fi rmly in our cheek.

What to make of the riot of colour and action at right? For master of the market such as yourselves, it should be pretty straight up and down (but not too much of the latter, we hope).

We use a fortune scale from +5 to -5 to indicate what we expect the relative monthly movements of the Hang Seng Index to be during the next year, based on our consultations with feng shui experts, tempered by our own inhouse assessments.

As you’d expect, we have piled on plenty of added value too, noting, for example, the likely best and bumpiest dates ahead, including potential game-changers such as eclipses and season turns. This year, we also highlight sectors set to soar. Bon appetit and bonne chance!

Not since Kathleen Turner’s supervamp Jessica (‘I’m not bad, I’m just drawn that way’) vavavoomed on to the big

screen almost 23 years ago has the appear-ance of a rabbit attracted such enthusiasm.

At 12.32pm on Friday, 4 February 2011 (otherwise known as Li chun, the fi rst day of spring and the Wood Tiger lunar month of the Chinese year 4708), a reputedly placid, personable and prescient white Rabbit (heavenly stem: metal; earthly branch: wood; polarity: yin) will wrest the reins from the decidedly unpleasant and erratic Tiger that’s been tossing and turning the markets over the past 12 months.

We hate to say we told you so but . . . who are we kidding? We love saying it! We don’t get the chance too often, so we reckon our 2010 cat calls are worth crowing about (see page 5 and never mind that kink in the tail).

With Vonnie Chan tossing the old oracle bones for her second year, we also foresaw gold going for a gallop (although well shy of our US$2,000/oz target), silver’s second-half surge, the rise and rise of soft commod-ities’ prices, Hong Kong property being hit with a policy slap, and the ‘Rudd’s a dud’ destabilisation Down Under.

What then can we expect from the year now lappin’ at our feet? Lots of luck, if the Rabbit’s reputation is any guide - as many a bootless bunny could testify. And best of all for investors, indirect wealth such as market-made moolah will be the order of the day. That’s if this bunny runs true to type rather than following the records of its most recent skittish predecessors (see p10-11). The male and female of the species aren’t known as buck and doe for nothing, we hope.

That said, with 2010’s celestial domestic dispute (between the metal heavenly stem and wood earthly branch) set to continue, we’d do well to expect the unexpected, although volatility should be less violent than we’ve seen on the Tiger’s watch.

Speaking of meat-eaters, this year’s bone-throwing oracular duties fall to Philip Chow, a man known for his Baltic Dry humour and seersucker suitability. May the Hang Seng bounce the right way and the best luck of the Bunny be with you!

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Oops! Not the most brilliant start to the year

What money there is this month comes from northwest

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Take a bit of extra care around the spring equinox

Northwest is still best for money

Much better for the markets

Look to the west for your money, but move quietly

A good month - but get set for another tumble

Note the fi rst of the year’s four best dates

Take care around the solar eclipse

Money swings back again to the northwest

Not as good forthe market, but chance of getting value for a song

Beware a pack of disconcerting dates: two of the worst for luck, plus two eclipses and the solstice

Just remember: This too shall pass

Continue looking to the northwest for your money

Great month for the market; pile in boots and all

Note the second of the Rabbit year’s best dates

Don’t be caught out as money swings around to the southwest

Still many reasons to be cheerful, but be Boy Scout prepared as well

Seek your coins within the centre

Things may get a little hare-y from here; but this will bring some excellent opportunities

Keep yourself tidy around the equinox; no time for big risk-taking

Money comes to you from the east

Back up again and going hard; ride this rallyfor all it’s worth

Skittishly, money has now moved to the southeast

Still running well, but getting tough at the top; make sure you squirrel some nuts away

Note the third of the good dates, and an eclipse

Money is again trying its luck from the centre

This Bunny is quite a bouncer; and so it’s down we go once again

Keep your eyes peeled for the trio of unpleasant dates on the way

Money settles back where it started the year,in the northwest

That’s the way to fi nish: aim for the top right pocket

Note the last of the year’s best blessed dates

And money sees the year out by coming at you from the west

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JuneFIRE HORSE06 Jun - 06 Jul

MarchWOOD RABBIT06 Mar - 04 Apr

JulyEARTH SHEEP07 Jul - 07 Aug

AugustMETAL MONKEY08 Aug - 07 Sep

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NovemberWATER PIG

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DecemberWATER RAT

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JanuaryEARTH COW06 Jan - 03 Feb

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FebruaryWOOD TIGER04 Feb - 05 Mar

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GUIDE’S GUIDE TO THE OTHER SIDE

It is writtenSome men dream

of fortunes, while others

dream of cookies.

It is writtenWise men learn more from fools than fools learn from the wise.

It shall beGoogle knows what you’re thinking and what you just did.

North Korea’s ‘dear leader’ Kim

Jong-il (no, he’s just having a lie-down) makes strong case for reloonifi cation.

What fates await these famous faces?Almost as fascinating as reading about ourselves is learning what’s in store for those we know - or simply know about. Who made the fi nal cut for our popu-lar forecasts for famous faces this year (pages 28-30)? Our inclusion of Bugs Bunny may seem a no-brainer, but who knew he was actually a Metal Dragon (and a crypto-Marxist - although more of a Groucho-ite than a Karl-toon). We also buzz Helicopter Ben as he steers his QEII through still-stagnant waters, and fi nd out why Australia’s fi rst female Prime Min-ister is a born leader and apparently set for a great year. So, too, it seems, is North Korea’s ‘Brilliant Comrade’ and hare apparent Kim Jong-un. Hmm.

Not a plot you can do about itBack once again after its launch last year, our feng shui guide to Hong Kong property (pages 32-33) may not be as well received this time, given its identifi ca-tion of two ‘killer corridors’ where investors would do well to tread warily. No need to be down in the dumps, though. For feng shui fans, there’s more to fi guring out the property market than ‘location,

location, location’ (although that has its place). Check out where is hot, where is not and why you really need to know what that Wu Wang is planning.

Directions, connections and big bad bruisersSpeaking of the Wu Wang, otherwise known as the malevo-lent Five Yellow star, these two easy guides (page 31 plus the centrespread) are all you’ll need to keep sweet with the major sources of bad energy this year. What brings a smile to the dial of the Tai Sui? What will make kittens of the Three Kill-ings? And why should you put a pair of pink envelopes in the north of your home or offi ce? The answer, my friend, may well be blowing in the wind. Or perhaps fl owing in the water. We’re pretty sure it’s not 42, anyway.

A good year’s worth anywayAn embarrassment of riches?What’s it all about, Alfi e? As good a question now as it was back in

the mid-1960s. Or, for that matter, from the moment the fi rst chap stood up on two legs and looked about. Apparently the answer is

not Douglas Adams’s ‘42’, appealing as that may be to some. Feng shui is one way of trying to make sense of it all (especially that perennial poser about why markets move the way they do and when, seemingly with no regard for where you happen to have parked your money).

When it comes to applying feng shui to fi nance - particularly predicting the performance of the Hong Kong market over the next 12 months - nothing comes within a bull’s roar of our annual CLSA Feng Shui Index, which is quite possibly the best (if not necessarily the most accurate) rough guide to the ‘other side’ this side of paradise. Here, at a glance, is your guide to the guide.

Short, sharp monthly snapshotsPresumably you’ve already pored over our illustrated forecast for the Hang Seng Index under the benefi cence of the Bunny (pages 1-3). Next up are our month-by-month snapshots (pages 6-9), from February’s Wood Tiger (looks bumpy) to next January’s Earth Cow (looks jumpy), featuring ‘in a nutshell’ panels with need-to-know stuff such as: Money Bunny’s overall call; good and not-so-hot dates; must-watch sectors and best directions for money.

Any bunny seen a rabid old Rabbit?The past is another country, apparently, and it can be instructive to see how differently they do things - or not. Looking back (pages 10-11), most of the recent Rabbits ended up being bounders, but they could be rather caddish along the way. We only hope our little bloke is just as jumpy, but better behaved.

Try our all-new sector-vector detectorEmboldened by the relative success of our calls on the Tiger’s turns during 2010 (see the chart opposite) and basically because you asked for it, we have stuck our necks out even further by forecasting the outlook for nine key sectors under our coverage, plus gold and all that glisters (pages 12-15). This element-based analy-sis was tougher than we’d expected. And not surpris-ingly, some of our wiser sector heads beg to differ with the results that we arrived at. Oh well, they have their way, and we have our feng shui.

A dozen dazzling destinies in one zodiac power packWhat does the Big Bunny have in his bag for you this year? We’ve got the inside word, so read all about it in our popular horoscopes for each of the zodiac signs

(pages 16-27). Again, in a bid to make life easier for the time-challenged, we’ve added at-a-glance panels that highlight the likes of your ‘money direction’, best time of day and lucky numbers. Plus there’s a ‘four easy bites’ snapshot with advice about your health, wealth, love and career (which may sound discon-certingly like your mother) and a monthly chart of the outlook for you in each of these key areas.

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Apart from the Water Pig plunge in early November, we didn’t do too badly in predicting the Hang Seng Index’s performance for the Year of the Tiger. A nice change for those of us whose forecasting owes so much to spirits.

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Finally, the scales are tipping in our favour, with the west the best for wealth. Like the fabled scaly fl yer, the market may well soar high and dive low, but the trend is towards the top-right pocket. There are no outstandingly great or grate dates, but this can be a magical month for those with stamina, smarts and the win beneath their wings. It’s a swingin’ time for singles and doubly so for pairs, with the likelihood of many love matches (and we’re not talking tennis). A steady diet of diuretics and accidental emetics will ensure all systems are go. Indeed, the chances are that you’ll enjoy health so rude as to be insulting. Read widely, elide weirdly and consider melatonin for circadian dysrhythmia.

Carrot days: April 14, 15 & 17, May 02Sticky dates: April 08, 10, 19 & 28

Not exactly a turn up for the books, but at least that strong southerly should have blown itself out. Not quite a turnaround, but we’ll be heading east at least, now that the Rabbit has found its feet (albeit not yet its lucky one). Although the over-all direction is horizontal, expect plenty of bunny-money bounce on the bourse. Beware those slides of March especially, and watch your sox at the equinox. The month is amok with doubles both good and bad: wealth in the northwest; celebration in the west; robbery in the north; plus a ‘cross-swords’ killer combi-nation in the centre that could lay you low with the ‘dreaded lurgi’. Not unlike healthcare reform, this month repays patience, particularly as it peters out.

Wood Rabbit

Carrot days: March 09, 18 & 29, April 02Sticky dates: March 08, 15, 21 & 23, April 01

Just when you thought the old growler had fi nally given up the ghost, the White Rabbit opens the adventure by promptly disappearing down a hole. All very well for bears caught short (this is a wood month after all), but perhaps it’s best for the rest to consider ourselves blessed simply that spring has sprung and a new year begun. A couple of admonitions during this bumpy beginning: incline to the horizontal; and decline the pervertical. Remember that the raisin d’être of dried fruit is to help prune the posterior and repair the interior. Health is wealth and happiness is all. Don’t let that tired and tiresome Tiger get the best of you: Grab the bull by the horns and get set for a much better ride ahead.

Expect the market to slither slideways. The threat of money loss in the east plus foreknowledge of the fall that often follows in the wake of the Snake suggests a call to charms - even something as seemingly simple as a glass of still water in a strategic sector can boost your luck. The fi rst of the year’s especially auspicious dates offers the opportunity to give thanks, while the partial solar eclipse hints of darkness and leaner times ahead. Committed carnivores would do well to give the steak intake a break, bearing in mind that one man’s meat is another man’s poisson. And although love may be little more than genetically modifi ed snake oil, it nonetheless measures one of life’s truly great pleasures.

Carrot days: May 14, 24 & 27, June 05Sticky dates: May 07, 13, 22, 29 & 31, June 02

06 May - 05 June

The habit of the Rabbit is to bound along the ground, to twist and turn like a butter churn yet never make a sound. Hard for those in pursuit to mane-tain their equine-nimity while riding a fi ery steed intent on putting you down. A trio of treacherous dates awaits with nothing much to buck you up. Don’t fret, pet: keep your limbs loose (tai chi, yoga or a trampoline) and your mind sharp (acu-puncture, calculus or crosswords) and you’ll be ready to fl y come July. Keep a tight rein on and close track of your unexpected expenditures. And if love languishes, banish the gloom from your room by reading some of the more amusing and erotic perverses of e.e. cccummings.

Fire Horse

Carrot days: June 06, 12, 24, 28 & 30Sticky dates: June 09, 16, 21, 22 & 27, July 01 & 06

It’s the real thing at last: Expect four score and more as the Bunny bashes bounc-ers to the boundary and beyond. The once-hesitant Hare-today-gone-tomorrow gets its groove on and a move on, leapin’ from sheep to sheep like foot-and-mouth. The market will barely be able to keep abreast. Signs of the lambs suggest you can ride the tide for weeks yet (note that 4 August promises to be particularly profi table), and then lock in gains before the Rooster crows. Rest well and don’t reheat meat unless it’s peppered with salt. Indeed, why not smoke a few juicy joints in the comfort of your home? A couple of small hams and hickory to begin, perhaps, graduating to hippopotami thigh with an afterburn of alderwood.

Carrot days: July 19, 20 & 31, August 04Sticky dates: July 07, 17 & 21, August 02

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Merde, how absurd: the bunny and the bird. But that was hen and this is bow-wow - and all the omens indicate a monster of a money month for the markets, with the index threatening to go so high only a dog can hear it. Canine plus coney makes for sweet milk and honey and the time is ripe to fi ll your pail and raid the swarm, as wealth of all shapes and sorts swells up from the south. But remember that money isn’t everything - indeed without your health it’s nothing (mind you, Cap’n Bob-bob-bob Maxwell reckoned it was nothing either way and anyway). It’s usually best to resist the spirits; stick to water and fresh juices. And relax to the contrapuntal delights of Bach.

Earth Dog

Carrot days: October 17, 18 & 20, November 07Sticky dates: October 23, 25 & 27, November 04

Opposites may attract and it takes all kinds, but it’ll be a cold day in Hello Kitty City (aka Sanrio Town) before the coney and the cock get cosy on the couch. We’re in for quite a feng shui fracas when the pusillanimous heavy-metal pair squares off this month, Meanwhile, summer swelters towards the solstice and the market melts like a sidewalk sorbet. Yet, as the mercury slides north and the bourse courses south, the thoughts of many will turn to love. In terms of diet, don’t bin the skin of the mandarin. Far better to intake the pith. Which brings us to this: Why did the Chicken cross the Rhode Island Red? Depends which you think came fi rst - there’s always another side to these things.

Metal Rooster

Carrot days: September 11, 17 & 29, October 02 & 04Sticky dates: September 10, 14, 23 & 26, October 03

No dread-letter days, no purple haze, no bad moon rising . . . but no matter. The key monkey takeaway this month is that the market is still moving onward and upward, despite some yoyo-ing along the way. It’s a spunky monkey, indeed, but the chimp may be a little limp, his scamper hampered by the pull of the earth. Sprinkle water liberally, although not loosely. As the wealth weeks weaken, fi ll your boots, pop on a chute and prepare to bail - it’s not only the sea-sons that are set to turn. Work may seem a joke at times, and not an especially amusing one, but if you yearn to steer your career into more challenging waters, these weeks bode well. Confront your demons. Or at least be on nodding terms.

Carrot days: August 16, 19, 31, September 01Sticky dates: August 10, 13, 27 & 28

08 August - 07 September

The weather may be cooling at last, but the market should still be running pretty hot from what we can plot. Now is a particularly coney canny time to fatten the bonus by taking advantage of a frailty of all-too-human nature: as the home paddock hoves into view, most of us unwittingly relax. Keep your wits about you and your eyes peeled for opportunities. The partial solar eclipse of 25 November may well mark the onset of winter chills and ills, with the brat-rat pack scuttling about in the shadows of the dark days ahead. A holiday may not be possible or advisable, but there are always books, and a weekend amid the madness of PG Wodehouse’s Blandings Castle may be just the ticket.

Carrot days: November 15, 20 & 24, December 02Sticky dates: November 09, 18, 25 & 27, December 06

08 November - 06 December

Oh, woe. And if only it would whoa down, we’d be home and hosed rather more quickly and comfortably. But then, life is apparently not so much about the destination as the journey (a claim that has been credited to all manner of wise and wizened chaps, from Socrates to Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler). Certainly, there’s much to be said and learned from the sometimes trying twists and turns along the way. The month is packed with pairs and triplets, including a disaster double in the east and three of the year’s most disconcerting dates. Chin up, button up and perish the thought. After a few deep breaths, reframe and accen-tuate the positive: tough times are merely opportunities for clever clogs to shine.

Water Rat

Carrot days: December 13, 16, 18 & 19, January 05Sticky dates: December 10, 15, 17, 22 & 28, January 02 & 03

Everyone likes to fi nish on a positive note, don’t they? Well, apart from Lenny ‘The Koan’ Cohen, perhaps. The old brown cow is racing to the close with all the pace of a Pamplona bull in mid-July, but rather more northerly. And as the curtains come down on the year, we would do well to refl ect. Consider, for example, the cunning of coneys such as Br’er Rabbit (‘Don’t fl ing me in dat brier-patch’); meditate, perhaps, on the maudlin delight of melodies such as The Bunny Banks of Loch Lomond or simply celebrate the verses of such men of lettuce as Rabbie Burns (‘Ne’er break your heart for love, just turn the boat about’). After all, as nice George concluded: ‘All things must pass.’

Earth Cow

Carrot days: January 06, 10, 15, 16 & 22Sticky dates: January 12, 17, 19 & 26

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It is writtenTo lend without

prospect of repayment is to throw a fl eshy bone at a dog.

It shall beNajib-nomics reforms face plenty more

Mahatirs before bedded-down time.

S’pore explores laws to force pause

in cash-splash rash of join-the-Red-Dots merger mania; feng shui

M&A holds sway as infl ation-fear-fuelled consolidation grips

island nation.

It shall beUS savings rate

more than triples, taking per capita annual amount to

US$5.27, two buttons and one of those plastic things out of a Cheerios box.

Germany pegs the euro to the

renminbi; Beijing refi nances Dublin; and Irish cement manufacturers

recover faster than an Indonesian

infrastructure play.

Last year’s breakthrough

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LEPORIDAE WE HAVE KNOWN

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THE 60-YEAR CYCLE ROLLS ON

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It is writtenThe death of the

heart is the saddest thing that can

happen to you.

It is writtenThere are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is

always the same.

It shall beOur Christmas-

pudding currency mix (mind you

don’t mash a molar on a sixpence):

pound pounded; euro trashed;

greenback buckles; rupee gets loopy;

yuan rises and shines; dong goes wrong; rupiah . . . oh, my de-aarrr; yen says ‘when’

and becomes zen; Sing doll on a roll;

franc my dear I don’t give a dime; and in technical terms it’s Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oi!

It shall beUS Fed funds a

serio-comic series of left-fi eld ‘baby

bubbles’ in a bid to restart the stalled

economy from the loony fringes.

Failed-to-fl y targets included:

Space (Hubble bubble)

Gaming (double bubble)

Agriculture (ara-bubble)

Urban-renewal (rubble bubble)

Voiceovers (dub-bubble)

Men’s haircare (stubble bubble)

Cosy elites (club-bubble)

Prisons(trouble bubble)

Fast-food (inedi-bubble)

Adult entertainment (hubba-bubble)

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. With that well-worn warning of philosopher, aphorist and Water Pig George Santayana in mind, we cast a nervous, mnemonic glance back at the past

fi ve bunnies. So much for peace and tranquillity. More rabid than rabbit, these fi ve furry Furies delivered doom and gloom, death and destruction, upheaval, overthrow, meltdown, breakdown, tumult, treachery and Super Glue. Markets weren’t immune, bouncing around like a bag full of bunnies ready for roasting.

1951: China and the USA are at war (under cover of a family feud in Korea). The Dow seems to track every advance and retreat. Ends up, at least. Unlike the war.1963: Water Rabbits are reputedly as placid as a pond on a lazy summer’s day, but the Dow sometimes seems to be taking its cue from Niagara Falls.1975: Barely fi ve years old, the HSI staggers like a drunk, fi nds its feet, goes nowhere, eyes the top-right pocket - and drops down a mine shaft en route.1987: The exact trigger still inexplicable, Black (Swan) Monday takes the legs out from under an exuberant fi ve-year bull run. Exit, pursued by a bear.1999: Buoyed by the billions spent bracing for the Y2K bogey, the HSI tugs on its Boy Scout woggle, sets its jaw and marches resolutely onward and upward.

Clearly, like Monty Python’s killer Rabbit of Caerbannog (‘the most foul, cruel and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on’), these bolshie bunnies can do with close watching. No wonder the Australians built that fence.

Rabbits in their element

1999

May: Black Dragon Fire destroys 8m ha along China-Russia border 12 Jun: In Berlin, Reagan urges Gorbachev: ‘Tear down this Wall.’19 Oct: Hong Kong triggers globalmarket crash, ending fi ve-year bullrun; Dow drops 22.6% on the day 29 Dec: Prozac goes on sale

1987: Fire Rabbit

Hang Seng Index04 Feb 1999 9,438.65

03 Feb 200015,968.12

Hang Seng Index 03 Feb 19882,354.46

04 Feb 1987 2,636.63

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* The Hang Seng Index wasn’t published until 24 November 1969

1999: Earth RabbitQuakes and fl oods throughout the year kill tens of thousands in Asia11 Aug: Total solar eclipse12 Oct: World population hits 6bn 15 Nov: US negotiators agree to pact allowing China to join WTO01 Jan: Y2K bug proves illusory; Putin becomes president of Russia

04 Mar: US Fed gains independence; McChesney Martin is new chairman05 April: Rosenbergs sentenced to death for selling atomic secrets to USSR23 May: China suppresses uprising in Tibet; Dalai Lama fl ees to India14 Jun: Univac, fi rst commercial computer, demonstrated in Philadelphia23 Jun: British diplomats-cum-spies Burgess and Maclean fl ee to USSR25 Jun: First commercial colour-TV broadcast, to four US cities by CBS04 Jul: W Shockley invents junction transistor; helps launch Silicon Valley10 Jul: Talks open to end Korean War; they continue for two more years

1951: The Year of the Metal Rabbit

Dow Jones Industrial Average* 04 Feb 1952 269.78

04 Feb 1951 252.77

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1963: Water Rabbit17 Mar: Mt Agung volcano in Indonesia erupts, killing 1,90020 May: Sukarno appointed fi rst president of Indonesia20 Jun: USA and USSR agree to “hot line”, after Cuban Missile Crisis16 Sep: Federation of Malaysia established; opposed by Indonesia

04 Feb 1963 682.00

04 Feb 1964 783.29

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10 Mar: Final North Vietnamese assault begins; all over by 30 April01 May: US broking commissions deregulated; Schwab cuts prices07 Aug: Dam collapses in Henan province killing up to 230,00015 Nov: Inaugural summit of the G6 leading industrial nations

1975

Hang Seng Index 04 Feb 1976 434.48

1975: Wood Rabbit

04 Feb 1975 209.15

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THE CLSA SECTOR-VECTOR DETECTOR

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Snap forecast:

GOOD/BUMPY YEAR Symbolising growth, creativity and innovation, wood brings money luck

Best months:June, JulyBumpiest months:September, October

Wood stakesAgriculture (alt: earth), education (alt: metal), fashion, forestry, furniture, garments, packaging, pulp & paper, plantations, politics, printing, old media, retail, soft commodities (alt: earth), textiles

WOODHelps metalHelped by fi reHinders waterHindered by wood

Snap forecast:

BUMPY YEAREarth, another strong and powerful element, represents stability.

Best months:October, November, JanuaryBumpiest months:February, March

Toilers of the soilAgriculture (alt: wood), building materials, cement, chemicals (alt: fi re), construction, developers, government (alt: metal), hotels (alt: water), human resources, cosmetics (alt: fi re), cosmetic surgery, insurance (alt: metal), management, resources (extraction) pharmaceuticals, plastics, property, security (alt: metal), soft commodities

EARTHF eeling chuffed at having called most of the Hang Seng’s leaps and rebounds under the terrible Tiger, we decided to really stick our necks out this time and have a stab at the outlook for nine key sectors and go-go-gold. After all, there

are only fi ve elements versus the zodiac’s dozen animals. How beastly could it be?Jolly beastly, considering that even the most learned masters often can’t agree

on basic elementary classifi cations. Agriculture, for example, crops up as wood or earth, while aviation fl ies as fi re, metal or water. And they’re just two of the A’s.

Forecasting each element’s monthly infl uence (and thus an associated sector’s likely performance) seems to be as much about horticulture as haruspicy, what with heavenly stems and earthly branches that swap partners every solar year to form one of 60 possible permutations. And so the esoteric calculations go on, becoming more unwieldy as they ensnare the months, days and even hours.

Never fear, we’ve done all that mind-numbing number-crunching and hernial heavy-lifting for you. Our conclusion, in a nutshell: metal is hot; water is bub-bling; fi re is on fi re; wood would if it could; and earth looks rather soiled.

Burrowing into the sectorsKevin Chan

HONG KONG & CHINAFINANCIAL RESEARCH

It should be pedal to the metal from go to whoa for fi nancials, bar a bout of ‘blowtorch to the belly’ in June-July, courtesy of the Fire Horse. Kevin Chan isn’t so bullish about betting the bank on the bunny, particularly during what he sees as a tough 1H11. Ne’er a burrower nor a lender be?

FinancialsGREAT YEARMetal

Does it get any bettor? You betcha! When metal shines, water sparkles. Those with a penchant for a punt can fi ll up on stakes and chips. Slim pickings over June-July and some lean Dog days during October won’t be enough to wipe the grin off the face of ‘El Solo Toro’ Aaron Fischer.

GamingGREAT YEARWater

Double, double oil to bubble?Not likely. Indeed, fi re is dire at the spud and plug ends of the year. But between times, Oil & Gas is in for a fl are share of fl ow. David Hewitt is not one to gush or be feng-swayed by a motley crude of ethereals. If you like omens, he says, watch infl ation.

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Snap forecast:

GOOD YEAR Strong, powerful and even dangerous, fi re symbolises activity and transformation

Best months:June, July, AugustBumpiest months:May, December, January

Fields of fi reAccounting, advertising (alt: water), aviation (alt: water; metal), economics, electrical, entertainment, energy, fast food, foundries, internet (alt: water), lasers, oil & gas, petrochems, power generation, services, technology (alt: water), telecoms (alt: water), utilities (alt: water)

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Best months:March, December, JanuaryBumpiest months:June, July

Metal componentsAdministration, autos, banks, broking, computer hardware, currencies, dental, education (alt: wood), engineering, equipment, finance, government (alt: earth), insurance (alt: earth), jewellery, legal, metals, machinery, resources (processing), robotics, skincare, steel, white goods, technology (alt: water), telecommunications (alt: water), utilities (alt: water)

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TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH

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ZODIAC PACK: A DOZEN DESTINIES

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THE YEAR AHEAD FOR YOUR SIGN

Rat peoplewere born during

the 12 monthsfrom 5 February

1924, 1936, 1948, 1960 or 1972

or from 4 February1984, 1996 or 2008

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Famous fellow Rat folk:Bono, Prince Charles, Scarlett Johansson, Shaquille O’NealWealth boost: Put a red object in the south of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a music box in the west of your home or offi ce.

Rats! OK, so it’s not your year, but you didn’t get to be capo di tutti capi of the zodiac by turning tail and trembling at the fi rst sign of trouble. That said, chews your battles carefully lest the spoils turn to ashes in your mouth, leaving you gnawing your innards. Face your fate stoically, but leave nothing to chance.

BUMPY YEAR

Meditate upon the date, you who would evacuate. Such succulent navel-gazing plus a big scoop of fi g soup should aid those troubled by a rummy tummy. As a rule, eschew fi ery spices and ignore what entices.

HealthSneezes don’t please us; and wheezes, while pleural, are singularly repulsive. ‘Better out than in’ is best addressed to rain-sodden beasts rather than bronchial bugs. Keep your cuds close to your chest.

HealthIf you’re relying on luck to see you through the year it may be a long time between drinks. That said, you’ve got a great nose for a steal. Plot your course carefully and yule have a storey to sell by year-end.

WealthLot of good it’ll do you plodders if you merely herd it on the ‘vine. Luck dances around you like the aurora borealis, but you’ll need to be fast to get your fi ll. Despite your stubbornness, windfalls may well befall you.

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You certainly won’t lack for opportunity nor is it likely that you’ll die wondering. And yet, sated as a satyr, you’re more than likely to still feel as empty as a pocket. Remember: Love comes to those who weigh it.

LoveThere’s no pleasin’ a Friesian, but if you’re in the mood to be rude you can’t nag about the talent parading past your eyes.Trickier by far is getting in step with the perfect partner without locking horns.

LoveCarpe diem sed caveat emptor. The time is now, the hour is come, the stars of fortune align, opportunity knocks, the doors to your destiny open wide, the gods smile . . . just be careful what you wish for.

CareerIf you want a raise, it pays to graze with the As - or, in less-oxidised lingo, it behooves you to slip on the nosebag with the boss and chew the cud, especially once bovine bonus time fi nally hoves into view.

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Famous fellow Cow folk:Adolf Hitler, Aishwarya Rai, Vincent van Gogh, Wayne RooneyWealth boost: Put water in the north of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a red object in the south of your home or offi ce.

The Rabbit rocks if you’re an Ox. Oddly though, while opportunity knocks, especially in stocks, you’re not one for a gambol, preferring to make hay by hard grind. Go mad for a change! Lowing is for losers; work on your bull’s roar. Focus on fl exibility (yoga), sex-ibility (Gaga) and next-ibility (karma).

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BUMPY YEARThe Tiger

GOOD YEARThe Rabbit

Famous fellow Tiger folk:Ho Chi Minh, Hugh Hefner, Michelle Yeoh, Richard BransonWealth boost: Put pebbles in the southwest of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put water in the north of your home or offi ce.

Feeling a touch tuckered out, Tigers? Little wonder after the past 12 months: we typically do it tough under our own sign. Still, don’t expect a nice liedown in a bed of roses under the auspices of the Rabbit. It will be calmer, not a coma. Lick your wounds, soak up some sunshine, gird your lions . . . er, loins.

Famous fellow Rabbit folk:Francis Ford Coppola, Jet Li, Michael Jordan, Zhang YimouWealth boost: Put pebbles in the northeast of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put water in the north of your home or offi ce.

Oh, you lucky leapin’ lapins. By all frights, this should be a bumpy year not a bouncy one as we usually have a hairy time under our sign. But it’s looking pretty sunny, bunnies. That said, take care what you ingest lest a pest fest in your breast. Best to follow your nose, not the pack. To each his own.

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1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986,

1998 or 2010

Your immune system is feeling fl atter than the chatter of the damned, leaving you open to a Pandora’s pox of ills and chills. Learn to relish roar foods such as unbaked beans, tough nuts and slightly steamed legumes.

HealthSlapping together a salad isn’t roquette science. Don’t simply give peas a chance - how about those beetles? Crunching the occasional cockroach hardly makes you a carnivore. Check your inner runny bunny.

HealthLend at your peril, borrow to the hilt, but beware the fl ash Rat with a gold tooth. Bettor days will come. Consolidate your holdings, sharpen your contract clauses and ponder the enriching power of patience.

WealthBe not greedy and you’ll not be needy. Your wealth star is a cracker. Heed not the luck frog’s siren croak (‘grab it, rabbit’), play it safe and you’ll fi nd plenty of Flopsy in your Mopsy. Cheque your inner money bunny.

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Of course you’re feelin’ feline frisky, you cats and bounders, but paws amid your peripatetic purrsuits and amorous ways . . . your purrfect partner one may be right under your upturned nose. Catch as cats can.

LoveYou love to love or whatever it is you call it. Indeed, you’re quite a bounder. But be careful whom you chews as it could get hairy. Watch out for foxes; beware bunny-boilers. Correct your inner honey bunny.

LoveNature abhors a vacuum, but gossips love one, rushing in foolishly where angels and other upstart seed merchants fear to trade rumours. Beware loose lips, forked tongues, backbiters and mean spirits. Stay clean.

CareerYes, your clients are crazy and your boss is bonkers. But don’t merely tolerate them; learn to turn them. You’ll be delighted to fi nd strong supporters in unexpected quarters. Respect your inner buddy bunny.

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1915 or from 5 February

1927 or 1939 or from 4 February 1951, 1963, 1975,

1987, 1999 or 2011

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GOOD YEARThe Dragon

GOOD YEARThe Snake

GOOD YEAR GOOD YEARGOOD YEAR GOOD YEARFamous fellow Dragon folk:Bruce Lee, Imran Khan, Maggie Cheung, RihannaWealth boost: Put water in the north of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a red object in the south of your home or offi ce.

‘Enough of tragics, Dragons,/ steer wide of seers/ prolix as an order list/ and random as the breeze’ - thus fl aked Zara Starstruck. Make of it what you will; she made wads off such swill. A good year lies ahead if you just beatle along and let it be. Wind beneath your wings? Probably indigestion. Go the komodo!

Famous fellow Snake folk:JK Rowling, Kim Jong-il, Muhammad Ali, Oprah WinfreyWealth boost: Put a music box in the west of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a plant in the east of your home or offi ce.

Snakes have a delicious, even devious sense of humour. Try to expand that slim wry smile into a throaty chortle or even a full belly laugh. The unexamined life may not be worth living, in theory, but just getting on with it often works a treat. The pleasures and treasures that await are as many and marvellous as the stars.

Dragon peoplewere born during



1928, 1940, 1952, 1964 or 1976

or from 4 February1988 or 2000

Halitosis! It’s not a jaunty early-morning greeting, as even your breath friends apparently won’t tell you, but it may well explain why your fl ame’s on the wane. More mints, less mince; give garlic the fl ick; let ginger linger.

HealthSteer clear of funerals - and none more so than your own. Chew a kumquat just for its comicality. Laughter is the best medicine if nothing actually ails you. Watch for tapeworm (oh, the iron defi ciency of it all).

Health‘What does it profi t a man’ is an example of jesu-wit that rewards pondering. Charity begins at home but won’t stop where it’s not warranted. Wealth stealths health like a shadow on a sunny sidewalk. Give till you’re spent.

WealthIf it walks like a duck and talkslike a duck . . . hey, a talking duck! There must be a few bills in that. Beware that low-hanging fruit - remember what happened last time. You tend to overspend, but to what end?

Wealth

With your belly afi re, this is no time for draggin’ your feet. Remember: Fruit fl ies on a wing and a pear. As the scales fall from your eyes and your nostrils fl are, think Thackeray: ‘All is vanity, nothing is fair.’

LoveLust busts trust. Even sssnakes with partners may end up in sssingle beds. That sibilance is a real hiss off; a spittle less wouldn’t go aspray. And ration your passion lest your rash behaviour be repaid in kind.

LoveSelf-employed? Give your all always. Wage slave? Then settle for 100% good enough! No need to kill yourself in the cause of Canute; honours will be heaped upon your head if you simply keep it down.

CareerRewards await but steer clear of peers’ hidden spears. Yet heed the screed of the overlords of the underground: Mind the gap - with colleagues and bosses. Be kind to those who char your cha, especially the phlegmatic.

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the 12 monthsfrom 4 February1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977,

1989 or 2001

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GOOD YEARThe Horse

GREAT YEARThe Sheep

Famous fellow Horse folk:Ang Lee, Bob Geldof, Nelson Mandela, Rolf HarrisWealth boost: Put a music box in the west of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a plant in the east of your home or offi ce.

Neigh to go, Horses, you’re set for a good run this year - all the more so if you can keep a rein on your unattractive tendency to scoff at the trough and put the bite on your buddies. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. But, as Damon Runyon observed, that’s the way to bet.

Famous fellow Sheep folk:Chow Yun-fat, Liu Xiaobo, Mel Gibson, Steve JobsWealth boost: Put water in the north of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a red object in the south of your home or offi ce.

Wether ‘tis nobler in the mind is rather a moot point for you curly cleverclogs; you’ll probably be much too busy enjoying yourselves this year to get at all angst-in-your-pants and introspective. The way things stand, you’re set to make a heap, Sheep. Spread the bounty about, especially that folding stuff.

Horse peoplewere born during


1918, 1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978,

1990 or 2002

Masticate slowly or you may risk all manner of nagging ills from slack back to mange; newlyweds may encounter bridal troubles; and excitable folk may be tripped up by repeated shoethrowing.

HealthSurviving driving has much todo with simply arriving. Exercise more effi ciently: consider, for example, paying someone better gym-suited to do it for you. Relax, breathe deeply, andsip tea through a sugar cube.

HealthLooking fi ne, equines. Play the market with the ease of an old pianola roll. Opportunities will knock like Noddy rousting Big Ears - make sure you’re home. Fill your boots and saddle bags; watch out for touts.

WealthIt’s all too fl eecy for ewe guys, wether it’s windfalls, steady income, speculation, bingo or buried treasure. You lucky lambs will barely have time to tally up your bales before the next lot tumbles into your lap.

Wealth

You could crack a stack of saddle blankets with all the wild oats you’ve sewn. A stable relationship has so much more to offer than just a roll in the hay. And you can still put the whinny up the neighbours.

LoveYes, the grass is always greener and this year you can play the fi eld with impunity. But why be a dag? Embrace the brace and dance to a new bleat. Two can make beautiful music; three or more are mere players.

LoveBeware the tongue-twisting star, which sounds like a beast from an early Bowie ballad. This one brings sniping, gossips and even slander. Fear not: usually-cranky clients and boorish bosses will rally round.

CareerAway with all woolly-headed thinking and lamb-brained sheepishness, now is the time to show your shear genius and bring home the bacon. First, though, lock in your supporters and baaah those humbugs.

Career



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1931 or 1943or from 4 February 1955, 1967, 1979,

1991 or 2003

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GOOD YEARThe Monkey

BUMPY YEARThe Rooster

Famous fellow Monkey folk:Björn Borg, Julius Caesar, Leonardo da Vinci, Will SmithWealth boost: Put a plant in the east of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put pebbles in the southwest of your home or offi ce.

Don’t sweat it, primates. You can sail through this year quite happily enough without undue effort. Indeed, putting your shoulder to the wheel may well be counterproductive. Relax and review the landscape, past and future, and then learn to occupy the only space that matters: right here, right now.

Famous fellow Rooster folk:Aung San Suu Kyi, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Eric Clapton, Yoko OnoWealth boost: Put a plant in the east of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put pebbles in the southwest of your home or offi ce.

The Bird and the Bunny aren’t the best of buddies, so you can’t expect to be showered with easy good fortune. But this won’t be the fi rst time you’ve had to scratch up your own luck - and isn’t it always better for being hard won? Keep your head down but your beady eye on the main chance.

Monkey peoplewere born during

the 12 months from 4 February


1932, 1944, 1956, 1968 or 1980

or from 4 February1992 or 2004

Never mind ‘evil’, you may well have trouble seeing or hearing anything if you don’t cut back on the smokes and spirits. Why spend your ‘good year’ at the doctor’s? Eat your fi ll but no more and get your 40 winks.

HealthEat slowly and deliberately - even peck at your food if you must. Accidents lurk around every corner waiting to pop you on the beak with a rabbit punch. You’re a rooster: show them your fi ghting feathers.

HealthYou’ll have no trouble with fi xed income, but money will slip through your fi ngers like soft sand if you’re not careful, chumps. Risk only what you can afford to lose without losing face into the bargain.

WealthEven though you’ll work hard for your readies this year, as Burns so poetically put it, the best-laid schemes of mice and hens gang aft agley. From mid-year you stand a chance of a windfall - and no chicken feed.

Wealth

Do you really still go bananas getting up to monkey business with the same tired old troop? It’s all vine if you’re into the swing thing. But is it really as soul-soaringly sweet as time spent with friends and family?

LoveTemptations, remonstrations and confusion. You may well take matters into your own hands, and that could go on and on and on .Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you got till it’s gawn.

LoveParadoxically, if you keep a low profi le you’ll fi nd yourself up for promotion. But if you want a raise, then put your hand up - and out. This is not the time for you to invest heavily in terms of time, money or emotion.

CareerWork may not be fun, but this is no time to run. No matter how much you know, don’t crow - those who do invariably wind up eating it. Consolidate, review the pecking order, and then sharpen your talents and talons.

Career


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1921, 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981,

1993 or 2005

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GREAT YEARThe Dog

GREAT YEARThe Pig

Famous fellow Dog folk:Akira Kurosawa, Donald Trump, Michael Jackson, Mother TeresaWealth boost: Put water in the north of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a red object in the south of your home or offi ce.

Let sleeping dogs fl y and let the gains begin - this year looks juicier than a butcher’s best bone basted in m’lud’s blood. Enjoy every moment and howl to the rabbit in the moon to send ’er down! Pin your ears back and follow that hare. No matter that life’s a bitch sometimes. That’s no bad thing, is it?

Famous fellow Pig folk:Dalai Lama, Lance Armstrong, Lee Kuan Yew, Salman RushdieWealth boost: Put a red object in the south of your home or offi ce.Health boost: Put a music box in the south of your home or offi ce.

Whether you see yourself as the backpack of the zodiac or the very pick of the crop, you’re in for a Crackling Rosie diamond of a year. Never mind pigs fl ying, watch the boar soar and score like never before. Gather round for a rousing rendition of the old refrain: ‘For he’s a jelly good fellow . . .’

Dog peoplewere born during


1922, 1934, 1946, 1958, 1970,

1982 or 2006

Sure, celebrate your good fate, but go easy on the whine. Hare of the dog is a miserable cur’s cure. And be boy-scout prepared on every conceivable occasion at the risk of an itch where the tailors stitch.

HealthOverpriced objets d’art and sharp practices of any sort are no good for your ticker. While we’re at it, keep your rear clear of butchers’ knives and out of dodgy dives. Best to wave off water sports for now as swell.

HealthIt’s just one bark de triomphe after another for you stash hounds, whether it’s wages or wagers. Whatever your gains, chiens, lock ’em in by year-end, when the loss-boss star looms. Don’t buy any pups.

WealthWieners are grinners so board the gravy train early and don’t detrough till you get enough. That said, perhaps best to pull your snout out before they say ‘water pig’ (November) or risk being carved up like a beef.

Wealth

Woof, you pash hounds! Who said you can’t teach an oiled dog nude tricks? Meanwhile, at home, it’s true you often have to bear the brunt of the litter. As Family Guy’s Brian would stress: ‘I said brunt.’

LoveYou’re smokin’, hams! Embody the spirit of the old expression ‘happy as a pig’. But do you derive your delights solely from such singular diversions? Is that a ring at the end of your nose? Ahh, the aisle of white!

LoveNothing and no one will stand in your way this year. Your creativity will blossom; your amazing ideas will take hold; your talents will be recognised; your income will rise . . . and pigs will fl y (see next entry).

CareerTactical is practical: Yes, work can be a boar and multitusking isn’t easy without opposable thumbs, but even if you’re in the right, why pick a fi ght and risk harming your prospects? As ye sow, so shall ye reap.

Career



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1923 or from 5 February 1935

or from 4 February 1947, 1959, 1971,

1983, 1995 or 2007

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FATES OF A FEW FAMOUS FACES

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It is writtenTo know the road ahead, ask those

coming back.

It is writtenA woman who seeks to be equal with men

lacks ambition.

It shall bePromising prototype celebrity vanishing cream (a cunning

highly concentrated concoction of their most puerile and vacuous spume that’s rammed

down their throats) backfi res after trials fi nd that it actually further infl ates their monstrous egos to Mecha-Streisand

dimensions.

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Northwest Washington DC,

renamed the Little-White-Lie House.

Researchers discover a tiny, tiny, tiny,

tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny grain of truth in homeopathy’s

claims (also known as the subatomic-

mnemonic dilution delusion). Or not.

It shall beUnpleasant habits of highly offensive

people, KFC’s fi nger-lickin’ herbs-and-spices recipe, Oprah’s weight-

loss regime and the identities of Enid

Blyton’s Secret Seven are revealed on

non-profi t internet disclosure site PizWikiLeaks.

David Cameron’s coalition collision government gives the entire nanny

nation a good hard spanking. Ooh!

Ben BernankeIt’s unlikely, when he alluded to Uncle Milt’s defl a-tionary-dousing helicopter drop, that Ben Bernanke envisaged much more than a Bell 430. A decade on, the New Keynesian fi nds himself helming a gar-gantuan cashcow called QEII (with about 12,000 times the capacity for new notes of even a stripped-down Sikorsky). Still, better a QEII than a Titanic.

Being a Water Snake suggests Bernanke is intui-tive and intelligent; open to ideas, but not bunkum; and empathetic yet sceptical and astute. Against that is a diffi culty in admitting error and a tendency to post facto justifi cation. Snakes may as easily be fi nancial wizards as smoke-and-mirrors magicians.

Bernanke is in for a tough year, with much of the trouble coming from the East. Despite pressure to change course, compromise, consult widely and appear populist, he’ll do best to make like a deaf adder. If he can keep his Hare while all about him are losing theirs, Bernanke can look back on this as one of his most rewarding years.

Water Snake GOOD YEAR

ChairmanUS Federal Reserve13 December 1953

Health: Good/BumpyWealth: BumpyHappiness: Great

Julia GillardShe probably had the numbers to rumble ‘Rudd the dud’ from Day One, but - possibly shy a full quota of confi dence - it took longer than it should for putsch to become shove and the redheaded Julia Gillard to be sworn in as Australia’s fi rst ‘First Sheila’.

In zodiac terms, bovines are born leaders. But, while they may quietly crave power, they’re not pushy. That said, metal moos like Gillard are mighty tough. She needs to be, considering some of the fl ak she gets (although ‘godless and childless’ may strike some as more sensible than reprehensible).

As a rule, Metal Cows are said to be: kind, caring and reliable, although prone to pride and petti-ness; intelligent but eccentric; and (not what you might expect in Gillard’s case), quite conservative. Straight-shooters, they brook no dissent and tend not to tolerate fools gladly or otherwise.

Best advice? Drink lots of water; pull your horns in; seek solace in the hands of a hare-dresser; and delight in the bounty of the god of small things.

Metal Cow GREAT YEAR

Prime MinisterAustralia29 September 1961

Health: GoodWealth: Good/GreatHappiness: Great

James Tien Pei-chunThere’s life in the old Dog yet, they say, and James Tien (who is as sprightly as a spring chicken and as energetic as ever) looks likely to prove the old saw in spades this year, which promises to be a best-of-show for him.

We’re particularly intrigued by his current incar-nation as Hong Kong’s ‘chief tour guide’, given the celestial suggestions of a signifi cant and potentially life-changing overseas trip being in the offi ng.

A man of many talents and many tales, Tien also runs his diversifi ed Manhattan group and headed Hong Kong’s pro-business Liberal Party during the sometimes diffi cult decade after the handover. And you could probably fi t out a community hall with the seats he holds on various committees and boards.

With one after another of Tien’s good stars lined up like ducks, it looks as if he has little to worry about. Unfortunately, that won’t stop him. Dogs just can’t help themselves - and it can be their undoing. Tien would do well to simply lap up his good luck.

Zhang XinIf this is what we can expect from ‘socialism with Chinese characteristics’, then bring it on. If nothing else, Zhang Xin’s remarkable and rapid rise from hard-scrabble factory worker to one of the world’s wealthiest women suggests that the ‘land of oppor-tunity’ has set up shop in the East.

Zhang and husband Pan Shiyi (he proposed four days after they met) made their names and fortune with the 2007 listing of SOHO China, their innova-tive and infl uential Beijing development fi rm.

Not only has Zhang got more dough these days than Mrs Fielder, Famous Amos and Betty Crocker rolled into one, she seems fairly unaffected by her super success - as you’d expect from a Snake.

A good year, but not without coils, toils and trou-bles. She’ll need all her calm, charm and cunning to kick clear of the competition and negotiate shakes in the landscape. Zhang’s wood element signifi es both strength and fl exibility, and fate’s twists and turns are unlikely to tax her undully. She’s bested worse.

Wood Snake GOOD YEAR

Chief ExecutiveSOHO China24 August 1965

Health: Good/BumpyWealth: Good/GreatHappiness: Great

Fire Dog GREAT YEAR

ChairmanHK Tourism Board8 January 1947

Health: GoodWealth: GreatHappiness: Great


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Shrewd, opinionated, carrots-matic . . . what elsecould Bugs Bunny be but a Dragon? And a combative Metal one, to boot. Born under the homeground of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, Bugs’s accent is a grabbit of this and that (mainly Bronx and Brooklyn), but he gets full Marx for attitude - as in Groucho the Great (‘Of course you know, this means war!’ et al) rather than Karl the Well Red (‘What a maroon!’).

Dragons are known for vitality and longevity, but the perennially popular Bugs is remarkable: sure, he looks a little drawn at times and it’s been gray hare from the get-go, but the Wascally Wabbit doesn’t look to have aged a day in more than 70 years.

What’s in store? This is a good year but not a ripper for Rabbits, and Old Big Ears would do well to take it easy, with lots of rest and good grub over winter. He surely wouldn’t be surprised to hear that he should watch his step during the cottontail end of the year: ‘It’s wabbit-hunting season!’

Metal Dragon GOOD YEAR

Greatest cartooncharacter of all time *27 July 1940

Health: What’s up doc?Wealth: What a rube!Happiness: Ain’t I a stinker?

If you thought dad was mad, the son also fright-ens. Kim Jong-un shot from obscurity last year to become ‘Brilliant Comrade’ and hare apparent to ailing ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-il.

The aim appears to be a handover in 2012, and Jong-un’s offi cial birth date has been amended to make it more auspicious (maybe not such a smart move - the Tai Sui doesn’t look well on those who fi ddle their dates like saddlesore camel drivers).

Jong-il is said to see much of himself in his well-fed youngest, particularly the lad’s ability to drink any other son of a dictator under the negotiating table. That said, Water Dogs are considered sober, loyal, reliable, diplomatic - and democratic. Unfor-tunately, they’re also reckless and feckless worriers.

What will the Bunny bring? Lots of luck, but with these caveats: forget fi zzy drinks and spicy food; avoid confrontation; and adopt a Neuman-itarian outlook (‘What, me worry?’). Hopefully, Jong-un’s great year won’t be at everyone else’s expense.

Vice-chairmanWorkers’ Party Central Military Commission8 January 1983

Health: Good/BumpyWealth: GreatHappiness: Good

It is writtenIf you chase two

rabbits, you will not catch either one.

It shall beGold goes boldly where it has never

had the mettle to go before,

breaking through US$2,000/oz.

GAAP-lapse slap for Japs over

underwraps gaps in lap-sap maps

apps taps collapse; unfl ap hack chap

yaps: ‘Crap happs.’

Global recall of faulty North Korean pacifi ers coincides with surge in sales

in the South of super-absorbent

disposable diapers.

Bugs Bunny

Kim Jong-un

Water Dog GREAT YEAR

Vice-chairi mamanWorkers’ Party Centra

Who moved my qi? Now there’s a better title, in our books. Whether or not you feel qi is real,

it won’t hurt any to know how to deal. Ever-sunny optimists that we are, we’re pragmatic enough to appreciate that the good earth fair groans

with the leavings of the quick and not-so who simply trusted to luck while waltzing through minefi elds. It pays to know where the boobies are buried and where the bad-vibe tribe has set up camp for the year.

In feng shui terms, the three key annual sha qi or malevolent energy sources are the Tai Sui (Grand Duke), Wu Wang (Five Yellow) and Sam Sart (Three Killings). This quick guide not only locates these potential menaces for you to an impressively accurate half-degree, but also offers sound advice on placatory

palliatives that can turn even the toughest terrors as gentle as a summer’s-eve zephyr softly sounding the good-luck gong of Tai Hang’s enchanting Lotus Temple.

Tai Sui It’s his way or the highway if you want to get through the year in one peace. Call him the Big Wind if you will, call him Mariah (who blew the stars about something fi erce), but the best advice really is to not call him at all - the Grand Duke loves a snooze and hates to be disturbed. Unfortunately, he’s pitched his hammock this year (82.5° to 97.5° East) bang smack under the Five Yellow misfortune star (see below). He’s wood, it’s earth and it’ll be fi ery from the off. Unless

you’re a masochist, give the entire sector a wide berth. That said, the Big Bloke is a pushover for a pi yao, a sort

of winged-lion-cum-pooch (see right) with a mouth that’s a wealth magnet. A couple of these happy yappies in your corner will put a smile on the dial of his Dukeness - who is best kept behind you, especially at work. Apparently, he’s got a scowl only a mother could love.

Wu Wang No, not Wu Tang Clan, that orientally infl uenced crotch-clutching hiphop crew from a decade back. Although the Wu Wang, or Five Yellow star, could probably teach them a thing or two when it comes to legal action, accidents and plain discord. As bad luck would have it, this year it’s hovering over the Tai Sui (67.5° to 112.5° East), making the sector double trouble. And note that this is one year when the East should not be red in any shape or form, as that’s sure to fi re Old Yella up something fi erce. For calmer karma, try salt water, gold coins or even a few old CDs - they’ll weaken the earth infl uence and get things humming again (but not too loudly remember).

Sam Sart This one puts you in mind of a Dashiell Hammett gumshoe. In fact, it’s a trio of trouble: these Three Killings threaten fi nancial loss, illness and arguments. There’s some dispute about their exact location (we put them between 247.5° and 292.5° West), but there’s little disagreement about what damage they can do. Unlike the Tai Sui, it’s best to keep an eye on this lot

as their speciality is backstabbing and rabbit punches. Much easier to placate the partypoopsters with statues of three cheerful chi lin (another mythical beast, typically depicted as a sort of fi ery winged dragon - see left). And may your qi fl ow free.

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BRUISERS, BLOCKERS AND BOOSTERS

It shall beHard and soft

commodities run hard and fast,

despite periodic price controls in major markets.

International court orders world’s only remaining

‘unwired weirdo’ to be socially networked.

It is writtenWhen the wind rises,

some people build walls. Others

build windmills.

* US TV Guide, 2002

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HONG KONG PROPERTY PROSPECTS . . .

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In Macau, they make do with slots. In Hong Kong, they make dough with plots - that’s the dream, at least, whether of quick-kill, cheque-you-later specula-tors or no-let-no-fret fi rst-home buyers whose investment horizons stretch as

far as, ohhh, 12 months. In light of which, Donald Tsang’s November bubble-buster was never going to be popular. Indeed, it was unnecessary, say those more in awe of the qi than the ‘D’ because the heavens have decreed a bumpier ride under the Rabbit anyway.

Even for feng shui masters, it’s all about location, location, location - but not so much of the property as its relation to the changing positions of major energy sources such as the Tai Sui, Wu Wang and Sam Sart (see page 31). And this year looks tough, with two killer corridors: north-centre-south and east-centre-west (although west is ostensibly good this year, it’s best left undisturbed).

No need to be down in the dumps, though: fore-warrened is forearmed, as Shiva shows and every bunny knows. Not only do some sectors promise surges of positive energy, a unit’s alignment can be as crucial as the overall outlook. And if all else fails, you can always toss a coin, pop your tongue in the other cheek and, it being a Rabbit year, burrow as much as the bank will lend.

How to play the plots‘Hot’ & ‘not’ spotsCorrect application of feng shui principles can help locate areas of strong and weak energy fl ows, both positive and negative, whether it be for a few bare square feet of cupboard space or an entire continent. Best of luck then with our calls for the overall Hong Kong SAR (main map) and the main island (inset).

EAST (Bumpy)Overall: Sai KungTai Po TsaiTiu Keng LengIsland: Big Wave BayHak Kok TauHeng Fa Chuen

NORTHEAST (Great)Overall: Tai Mei TukWu Kai ShaIsland: Quarry BaySai Wan Ho

NORTH (Bumpy)Overall: Lo WuLok Ma ChauShek KongIsland: Fortress HillTin Hau

CENTRE (Bumpy)Overall: Fo TanHung HomSham Shui PoIsland: Happy ValleyLeighton Hill

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Surreal estate Wind back to our newsector-vector detector (pages 12-15) for property’s element-based outlook - plus Nicole Wong’s take.

NORTHWEST (Great)Overall: Lau Fau ShanTin Shui WaiIsland: Sai Ying PunSai Wan

WEST (Good)Overall: Castle PeakTung Chung (border)Yam O WanIsland: CyberportSandy BaySouth Horizon

SOUTHWEST (Great)Overall: Cheung Chau (border)Ham TinShek Kwu ChauTung Chung (border)Island: We drew a blank SOUTH (Bumpy)Overall: Cheung Chau (border)Sok Kwu WanYung Shue WanIsland: Chung Hom Kok South Bay

SOUTHEAST (Good)Overall: Lohas ParkTai Sha KokIsland: Shek OStanley

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Lok Ma Chau

Castle Peak

Lo Wu

Fo Tan

Fortress Hill 8 Quarry Bay7

South Horizon 2

South Bay 4

Heng Fa Chuen 6

Hak Kok Tau 6

Chung Hom Kok 4

Stanley5

Big Wave Bay 6

Shek O 5

Sandy Bay SS SS SS S 299

Happy Valleyyy8 Tin Hau

y y Sai Wan Ho7

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999Leighton Hill

1 Sai Wan1

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Shek Kwu Chau 3

Ham Tin3

Tung Chung 32

Yam O Wan 2

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Lau Fau Shan1

Tin Shui Wai 1

Cheung Chau 3 4

Yung Shue Wan 4

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Lohas Park5

Sai Kung6

Tai Po Tsai6

Tiu Keng Leng6

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Wu Kai Sha7

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EAST MEETS WEST IN THE CENTRE 八方汇聚

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Don’t worry, be happy, smile and say ‘qi’Despite (or perhaps even because of) his sometime

attendance at the London School of Economics, warbling Water Sheep Michael Jagger isn’t always

easy to understand. Consider this: ‘New car Norway scat watcher wand; duke can oil waste ketch wad Shawnee . . . ‘

The sentiment of the old song at least, if not the diction, is reasonably clear: One is not always able to obtain what one desires. Simple supply and demand, Mick, old stick.

And the solution, as ever, surprises from Shakespeare, the goodest Buddhist Bard that ever there was: ‘There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.’ That and perhaps close observation of assorted sources of posi-tive and negative energy - some to be wooed, some to be wowed, and some to be warded away.

This quick guide to the year ahead notes the favourable and not-so-super directions, and suggests a few simple strategies to help you achieve niceness throughout.

If ever there’s good going, count us in with a grin and the devil take the hindmost. Placate those that must be; tolerate the tedious if needs be; but seize the day and any swag that comes your way. May the Bunny be bountiful and fi ll your booty boots to the brim. Kung hei fat choi!

SORCERER’S APPRENTICE: PHILIP CHOWEditor: Andrew KeenanDesign/Artwork: Aligo Mok; Jennifer Luk; Jon Berkeley; Lizzie Lau; William Poon Translation: Laura Feng; Judy Wang; Elyse Li; Yu Sun Sorcerer’s apprentice’s apprentices: Judy Cheng; Liz Patterson; Fiona Shiu; Wai-Land Tai; Rebecca Taylor; Joanne Wong; and the Money-Bunny Cat

执仗官徒弟：执仗官徒弟：周子诺编辑：编辑：安德鲁•凯南艺术设计：艺术设计：莫仲荣、陆霭茵、乔恩•伯克利、刘莉斯、潘尉光翻译：翻译：冯海燕、王明静、李韵、孙彧执仗官徒孙：执仗官徒孙：郑宛仪、丽姿•柏特森、萧慎之、戴伟伦、丽贝卡•泰勒、黄颖芝、招财兔

East 东It’s double jeopardy with both the Tai Sui and Five Yellow stars in situ; minimise the

risks with metal chimes or even a set of keys plus a glass of water.

太岁五黄并临东方，是本年最凶险的方位，以风铃甚至一串钥匙加一杯水避险。

Southeast 东南Best sector for longevity

and luck; eight white pebbles here will help secure that promotion.

最利长寿和运气；八颗白石可保升职。

South 南Black star threatens

minor illness; a music box, metal chimes or

keys will put you right.

黑星或引发小疾，音乐盒、金属风铃或钥匙可保无恙。

Southwest 西南Best luck for contracts and study; four lucky

bamboo plants or even a glass of water should seal the deal.

最利签约、学业；四盆富贵竹或一杯水可助成事。

West 西Sing a song of joy, for sure - but sotto voce;

red fl owers, bright lights and some lively potted plants will make kittens of those Three Killings.

唱一首快乐的歌，但要用非常轻柔的声音；红花、明灯和鲜活的盆栽将安抚三煞星，给你愉悦的理由。

Northwest 西北Wealth star promises investment gains, pay rises and promotions; a bowl with one black fi sh and a single black stone will lure the luck.

财星八白庇佑投资收益、升职加薪。鱼缸中养一条黑鱼并放一块黑石大有裨益。

Northwest 西北

South 南

North 北A pair of pink envelopes will win you any blues with the dispute star.

在主纠纷的蓝星照耀下，若要赢得争辩，一对粉红信封是你所需的一切。

Northeast 东北Love is in the air in the

alluring form of the romance white star; a glass of water by a

musicbox will turn your crotchets to quavers and take your breve away.

浪漫的白星令空气中弥漫爱的气息；音乐盒配一杯水可助你口吐莲花。

Centre 中The strong luck star is fading, but a glass of water will boost your fortunes; keep an eye on the red robber star.

吉星渐黯，但一杯水能够助运；警惕红色盗贼星。

神马都是浮云，何必羡慕嫉妒恨。滚石乐队灵魂人物米克•贾格(Mick Jagger)不也唱到：天不从人愿，油不得你嘿豆你玩⋯⋯呃，也许翻得不

够好，但意思简单明了：天大地大世界比你想像中朦胧，需多供少，不是每一个梦都不会一场空。

莎翁有云：“事无善恶，思想使然”。好比风水中所谓的各种正面和负面能量流：一些宜聚之，一些宜去之，一些则应顺之。

谁不希望加强正面能量流，减弱甚至消除负面能量流？别急，我们已为来年制备一份通用指南，笑

看奇门，纵论八卦，并附趋吉避凶简单妙法。

白兔跳跳，好事来到。沧海一声笑，滔滔两岸潮，谁主沉浮，且看今朝。恭喜发财！

一笑千愁解，和“气”财源开

NORTHEAST 东北Water wonderful worldWhere friends meet, lovers rendez vous and Satchmo soothes the soul

奇妙水世界奇妙水世界好友相聚，情人约会歌手抚慰灵魂

NORTH 北Even cowgirls get them

Think pink to avoid a stink,and then watch those

moody blues walk on by

连女牛仔都用粉红信封连女牛仔都用粉红信封以粉红色驱邪让忧伤溜走

NORTHWEST 西北ABBA-dabba-dough

Money, money, money . . . it’s not just funny,

from here, it’s yours for a song

太棒了太棒了金钱！金钱！金钱！

正如歌中所唱

WEST 西Celebrate . . . like a librarianTake comfort in the age-old observation that good news

always sleeps till noon

像图书管理员一样轻声庆祝: 嘘！像图书管理员一样轻声庆祝: 嘘！切记，好消息总要睡到日上三竿

SOUTHWEST 西南Tip-top chop spot

In business, make your mark; scholars should bookmark;

and lovers, simply park ’n’ spark

最佳方位最佳方位事业上获得认可业上更上层楼

爱情上擦出火花

SOUTHEAST 东南Make the moss of itStone the crows! This is the way to move on up at work and generally just linger longer

充分加以利用充分加以利用不可思议！工作进步，投入更多时间

SOUTH 南Melodies mend maladies

Soft-struck heavy metal foils bumps, aches,

accidents and boils

优美旋律来疗伤优美旋律来疗伤轻弹重金属音乐化解冲击、

疼痛、事故和愤怒

EAST 东Chinese whispers big timeThis is no country for old men. . . or anyone else for that matter. Make like a ski bunny and schuss!

轻声耳语轻声耳语此方位不适合老人或其他人要像滑雪者一样轻盈、安静

CENTRE 中Cusps and robbers

Luck’s a lady to be wooed and won over; beware lost chances and stolen glances

尖端和盗贼尖端和盗贼幸运女神的芳心需要追求和赢取

警惕错失良机和偷看

th 北北北北北北北

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