MALACCA: Ronald Gan’s mother tongue is Malay. His clan exchanges poems in Malay and he lives like a Malay, preferring to use his fingers rather than chopsticks when having a meal.
He is a typical Peranakan Chinese, a community steeped in Malay customs and traditions although they are of Chinese ancestry.
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