Stories on GE, circuit breaker top SPH's Chinese Media Group annual awards
SINGAPORE -On June 27 last year, Lianhe Zaobao correspondent Nam Yunzhou, 31, and chief videographer Lim Seong Teik, 55, were the only journalists [...]
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Hundreds queue to enter Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple on first day of reopening
SINGAPORE – Hundreds of devotees queued to enter the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple in Waterloo Street on Monday (Feb 15) to [...]
Chinatown family businesses hoping for prosperous Year of the Ox
SINGAPORE – Carrying on a family legacy is hard in the best of times, but the task is especially difficult amid a pandemic. [...]
Wet markets around S'pore still crowded days before CNY
SINGAPORE – Wet markets around Singapore are still seeing huge crowds three days before the start of Chinese New Year. The Straits Times [...]
Malaysia's lion dancers brought down to earth by coronavirus pandemic
MUAR, JOHOR (REUTERS) – During normal Chinese New Year celebrations, one of Malaysia’s leading lion dance troupes puts on gravity-defying performances by leaping in [...]
Enforcement of Covid-19 measures will be stepped up at attractions over CNY weekend
SINGAPORE – The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) will deploy more safe distancing ambassadors (SDAs) and enforcement officers (EOs) to ensure that safe management [...]
'Mind-written' couplets add technology to China's CNY
TIANJIN (XINHUA) – Hanging the Chinese character “Fu” (“happiness” in English) on doors and walls is the most common and important custom when [...]
CNY reunion dinners now allowed in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia will now allow family reunion dinners for Chinese New Year to be held with a [...]
A muted Chinese New Year in the region
Malaysians are unlikely to travel to their home towns for Chinese New Year as infection rates have failed to drop, despite the reimposition [...]
Do not lay out trays of CNY goodies; practise strict hand hygiene during visits, say experts
SINGAPORE – Another Chinese New Year tradition is under threat this year – experts say people should not lay out trays of food [...]