3,000 free dumplings to feed 600 families

Labour of love: Volunteers Chin Lye Yong, 48 (wearing dark blue head gear) and Lim Lee Hoon, 64, counting the 3,000 vegetarian dumplings at the Buddhist Tzu Chi Merits Society Malaysia in Jalan Macalister, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: The art of making dumplings has indeed diversified, with a society here using pandan leaves instead of the usual bamboo leaves to wrap the ingredients.

“We use pandan leaves as they have health benefits,” Buddhist Tzu Chi Merits Society Malaysia public relations volunteer Ooi Si Hoo, 65, said.