Maidens pin their hopes on fruit

Orange with passion: (Front row from right): Ong, Gee and Sue Neoh; (backrow from right) Junie See and Lim Wei Ning checking out the oranges for the Chop Goh Meh Festival at Straits Quay.

GEORGE TOWN: She is not a damsel in distress, but a hopeful maiden in a quest for Mr Right.

“Will I get a call? Maybe, maybe not. But I’m still going to write my name and number on a mandarin orange and throw it into the sea to see what luck will bring me,” said Penangite Amy Ong, 25.