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PETALING JAYA: Exasperated with having to clear tonnes of waste every year, leading Chinese associations in the country have implored those observing Qing Ming to go easy on the burning of joss paper and food offerings.
The more the merrier: Under the revised SOP, up to 15 family members can attend a reunion dinner at home. YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Chinese groups are relieved with the revised Covid-19 standard operating procedure that will allow up to 15 family members within a 10km radius to attend the traditionally important reunion dinner on the eve of the Lunar New Year.
Describing it as a positive way forward ahead of the festive celebration, Malaysian Han Cultural Association president Datuk Goh Hin San said the revised SOP showed that the government listened to the voices on the ground.
“We suggested for 20 people to be allowed for the reunion dinner as well as for Chap Goh Meh.
Be prosperous and healthy: The God and Goddess of Prosperity taking the temperature of Chew Kam Har during the handout of Chinese New Year hampers to Buntong residents by Buntong assemblyman A.Sivasubramaniam at his service centre. RONNIE CHIN/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Chinese associations and religious groups have voiced concerns over the standard operating procedure on Chinese New Year, saying that movement restrictions were necessary to curb infections but hope the government would be more mindful and lenient with such rulings.
Federation of Taoist Associations Malaysia president Tan Hoe Chieow said the government should allow family members who live within a 10km radius to have the reunion dinner together at home.