Deity predicts good economy in first trimester for Penang

Devotees paying homage to the resident deity Cheng Chooi Chor Soo Kong and catching a glimpse of the flames during the annual Snake Temple flame-watching ceremony in conjunction with the deity’s birthday. — Photos: LIM BENG TATT and CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

THE resident deity of the almost two-century-old Snake Temple in Penang predicts that the economy of the state would be at its best from January to April.

Devotees of the Cheng Chooi Chor Soo Kong deity saw the prediction in the annual flame-watching ceremony of the Hock Hin Keong in Bayan Lepas on Tuesday, held in honour of the deity’s birthday.