SEVERAL occasions have actually been aligned by Seri Kembangan assemblyman Wong Siew Ki and her group to enliven this year’s Chinese New Year events in her constituency.
The celebrations began with the circulation of meat in addition to food baskets and will certainly proceed with an arts and society celebration, Hakka standard occasion and events at the neighborhood council degree.
“I continued a Chinese New Year tradition started by my predecessor, ex-assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah, to distribute meat to elderly folk in Kampung Baru Seri Kembangan,” stated Wong, including that the program was targeted at those aged 70 and above.
Wong will certainly be providing one entire poultry per recipient.
One of the factors for the modification, she discussed, was to sustain the state federal government by sourcing poultry from the Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation.
“This year’s programme benefitted 850 recipients; 800 from Seri Kembangan constituency and 50 from the neighbouring Seri Serdang state seat.
“In addition to a whole chicken, each recipient got some lap cheong (dried Chinese sausages) and a 5kg bag of rice sponsored by Sunflower Rice,” she included.
Wong stated the program consisted of an enrollment and vetting procedure to make certain just one individual per home obtained the products.
“B40 families with a household income of RM3,000 or below are also entitled for the Jom Shopping Perayaan scheme.
“This state programme offers a RM200 voucher for families to help with festive preparations,” she stated.
She included that 550 coupons were alloted for Seri Kembangan.
Those aged 60 and above, in addition to low-income households likewise obtained either food baskets or ang pow from Wong.
The food basket were given away by numerous business and organisations.
An occasion called “Happiness Carnival” will certainly be hung on Feb 8 and 9, complied with by a Pesta Ang Pow on Feb 15 and a Hakka party referred to as “Heaven Mending Day” on Feb 17.
“The Happiness Carnival will have an art market and will kickstart the Serdang Tourism campaign,” stated Wong.
“Under this campaign, we will highlight the heritage of Serdang which encompasses Seri Kembangan and parts of Seri Serdang and Balakong.
“We will also be unveiling the campaign’s official mascot, a starfruit called Bling Bling, and a Serdang Tourism map.”
The Pesta Ang Pow is a large party collectively arranged with Subang Jaya City Council (MBSJ).
Wong stated the Heaven Mending Day would certainly display an option of Hakka and Chinese specials consisting of choi frying pan (fit to be tied dumplings) and nian gao (glutinous rice cake).
Heaven Mending Day notes the day when the Chinese mythical siren Nuwa is thought to have actually conserved the temporal globe by utilizing vibrant rocks to fix the skies after it was harmed throughout a battle in between the gods.
Wong stated her constituency residences Kampung Baru Seri Kembangan, which is the greatest brand-new town in Selangor and likewise the greatest Hakka brand-new town in Malaysia.
She and her group have actually likewise been dispersing particularly published ang pow packages and mandarin oranges at numerous markets around the constituency.
The ang pow packages highlight 6 preferred Serdang meals, that include yong tau foo, frying pan mee and smoked fish.
To produce an even more cheery ambience, a light with serpent concepts will certainly be positioned beside the brand-new town’s Rainbow Bridge while red lights will certainly be hung at Seri Kembangan’s 2 markets, Jalan Besar, Jalan SK6/1 and various other entrance factors by the end of this month.
For information on Seri Kembangan’s CNY occasions, go to tinyurl.com/48ahzaf6
