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PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 The National Unity Ministry (KPN) has decided on the standard operating procedures (SOP) for non-Muslim houses of worship following the government’s decision to allow them to reopen from yesterday until March 4. KPN in a statement today said for states under the movement.
AS WE usher in the Year of the Ox, many Chinese households would have pasted red coloured strips with black or golden calligraphy Chinese characters written on them (known as Spring Festival couplets), or diamond-shaped Fu characters (denoting happiness and wealth) on their doorways. The custom of attaching couplets to doorways for Chinese New Year can be traced as far back as the Later Shu State (934-965) in China, with the red colour denoting luck and gold characters showing wealth. Calligraphy Society of Malaysia president Ng Swee Kheng (right) and wife Lin Qing Hong showing Ng’s Chinese calligraphy that reads ‘May the Year of the Ox bring about a better year ahead to give hope, well wishes and plenty of good luck and fortune.’ The Chinese script used here is from the clerical style dating back to the Han dynasty 2,000 years ago.
In Pictures: Welcoming in the Year of the Ox Updated: February 12, 2021, 11:02 am This is the year of the Ox (AP) Revellers have welcomed the Year of the Ox around the world with Chinese New Year celebrations overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. Many will be hoping for changing fortunes in 2021 following a year marked by fear and tragedy after the first Covid-19 cases were detected in the city of Wuhan in China. Here are some of the efforts to mark the dawn of the new lunar year. The Year of the Ox begins with the world still in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic (AP)
Revellers have welcomed the Year of the Ox around the world with Chinese New Year celebrations overshadowed by the coronavirus pandemic. Many will be hoping for changing fortunes in 2021 following a year marked by fear and tragedy after the first Covid-19 cases were detected in the city of Wuhan in China. Here are some of the efforts to mark the dawn of the new lunar year. The Year of the Ox begins with the world still in the grip of the coronavirus pandemic (AP) People pray at a temple in Taipei, Taiwan (AP) A woman wears a face mask bearing the traditional lunar new year greeting: Kung Hei Fat Choi, Hong Bao Na Lai – which translates as wish you a fortune, bring me the red envelope’ (AP)