However, other analysts said that while the change in timing of the New Year celebrations did have an impact on the numbers, the overall trend was that of a recovery in the Chinese economy.
South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) said it is expecting call-outs to rise in the run-up to new year celebrations.
Police are reminding members of the public in the run-up to New Year celebrations of their One Punch campaign.
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If you need an excuse to party, we're in the middle of traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, which began Feb. 18 and run until March 4.
This Conference is being organized from 12 to 15 December 2012 at the Marian College, Kuttikkanam, Kerala, by the International Council on Social Welfare, South-Asia, with support of the UNESCO Office in New Delhi, as part of decennial year celebrations of the Marian School of Social Work, with the objective to discuss social protection issues of the South Asian Region and to formulate effective social protection schemes.
Historically, gold often rises during the time frame from late summer into Christmas or early in the New Year due to gift-giving holidays around the world, starting with Indian celebrations in autumn.
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They will bring in the new year at the Concert in the Gardens, the showpiece event of the capital's celebrations.
There was a significant rise in the number of people treated during London's new year celebrations, the London Ambulance Service (LAS) said.
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The New Year celebrations see factories and businesses in China being shut for many days impacting production of goods.
The investiture of the new king before a joint session of parliament later in the day will be the high point of a year of celebrations marking the end of the Napoleonic occupation in 1813.
China Central Television and The Beijing News report a return of moderate to severe air pollution in 74 cities due to bad weather and firework celebrations during the Chinese New Year holidays last week.
He said gold has entered the seasonal period when physical buying tends to pick up due to autumn festivals in India through Chinese New Year celebrations in early 2013.
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The woman responsible for first aid crews during the Jubilee celebrations and the Olympic and Paralympic Games is among those who have been recognised in the New Year Honours list.
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In a message communicated by Kurdish politicians who visited him, he said he would make the announcement to coincide with Kurdish New Year celebrations.
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