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March 07, 2021 Closed shophouses in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Strict coronavirus lockdown has left many businesses struggling to survive. South China Morning Post It has become a familiar scene on Chulia Street: Mamak Indian Muslim workers sweat behind face masks as they fill brown paper bags with rice and curry, feeding residents who would prefer not to – and indeed, until a month ago, could not – dine in restaurants. Chinese uncles and aunties wait behind kerbside stalls for the next rider of a sputtering motorcycle, who will exchange a few ringgit for a plastic bag filled with hot soup and noodles. Behind them hang red Chinese altars covered in ritual ash next to rows of padlocked shophouses that, like closed eyes, seal George Town’s multicultural secrets behind metallic shutters. ....
Pandemic forces Malaysia’s biggest Buddhist Temple to go online 03 Feb 2021 / 22:59 H. GEORGE TOWN: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a lot of changes and even Penang’s iconic 130-year-old Kek Lok Si Temple in Air Itam has not been spared as its annual lighting-up ceremony will only be done via live streaming online. Annually, hundreds of people would gather around the temple to witness the lighting-up ceremony which would transform the temple into a fairyland of lights. Kek Lok Si Temple trustee, Datuk Seri Steven Ooi said the ceremony, scheduled for Feb 7, would proceed through live streaming as devotees are not allow to gather in the temple due to the standard operating procedure (SOP) during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period. ....