INTERACTIVE: How The Star ushered Chinese New Year through the years


Throughout its 50-year history, The Star has faithfully reported on every major event in Malaysia including key festivals such as Chinese New Year.

To celebrate the arrival of the Lunar New Year this time around, we dug into our archives to present to you an interactive collection of the The Star's front page Chinese New Year covers since 1972:

Each year's cover not only records our heartfelt message to readers on the joyous occasion but also contains the major news items for that day:



Each of the covers is separated according to the 12 Chinese zodiac animals.

To find out more about your zodiac sign and what the year has in store for you, check out the guide below:

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