Prayers and ground-breaking ceremony mark the move


Moving: The ritual master conducting the grave relocation prayers. (Below) A village elder conducting the groundbreaking ceremony at the new Chinese cemetery in Kampung Bukit Gelugor.

PENGERANG: Despite strong opposition by some residents, relocation has started at one of the five Chinese cemeteries here to make way for the Refinery and Petro-chemical Inte-grated Development (Rapid) pro-ject.

A prayer ritual and ground-breaking ceremony was conducted by a religious master at the Kampung Sungai Kapal Chinese cemetery.

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