Pay no heed to frivolous claims


I READ with amusement our southern neighbours claiming yee sang, the Hungry Ghost Festival stage performances, the cries of “Yam Seng” and the Nine Emperor Gods festival as originating there (“They are ours – but Singaporeans claim them” (The Star, Jan 31).

I wonder how they could announce that to all and sundry.

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