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While you may be busy cooking up a storm in the kitchen with festive treats for Chinese New Year<\/a> or planning all your brand new outfits<\/a>, it may also be time to think what the year ahead will bring.<\/p>

To help predict how the upcoming Year of the Goat\u00a0would affect us, we speak to Singapore-based Feng Shui Master, David Tong<\/strong> who gives us the low down on what to look forward to, avoid and Feng Shui<\/a>\u00a0practices that\u00a0we can adopt for good fortune this year.<\/p>

Read more about the Year of the Goat:<\/span> <\/h2>

What to expect from the Year of the Goat?<\/a>
Feng Shui practices for good fortune<\/a>
Chinese horoscope predictions for each sign<\/a><\/p>

David Tong<\/strong> is a Singapore-based Feng Shui Master offering <\/em>residential and commercial Feng Shui consultation, Bazi Destiny Analysis, Wedding dates selection, Qi Men Dun Jia Luck Enhancement and offers corporate seminars. For more information, please visit <\/em>his website<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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