Street beautified with 18,000 lanterns for CNY

Lim (in pink shirt) releasing balloons during the ceremony to light up Chinese New Year lanterns at Jalan Raja Uda in Butterworth, Penang.

A DOWNPOUR did not deter the crowd during the ceremony to light up lanterns along Jalan Raja Uda in Butterworth to mark the coming Chinese New Year.

A total of 18,000 lanterns put up along the entire 3.5km stretch have covered the road with a canopy of red lights.