Wong (left) and Malket are all smiles as they talk about their Chinese New Year traditions.
What significance would the Chinese New Year celebrations have for a Malay, an Indian or a Punjabi? Plenty, as it turns out for fashion designer Rastawati Dewi Abdul Rashid, lawyer Mohd
Omar Nathan Abdullah @ Thiruppathynathan T. Ramasamy and retired technician Malket Singh, because their spouses are Chinese.
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Wong (left) and Malket are all smiles as they talk about their Chinese New Year traditions.
(From left) Rastawati, Kevin, Adele, Hannah Sara and Farah Natasha dressed in the modernised block-print and printed batik by ‘Batek by Rasta Rashid’ for Chinese New Year. — Photos: YAP CHEE HONG, ART CHEN and SHALENNY CARINO/The Star
As the man of the house, Mohd Omar (seated) takes charge of the ang pow-giving.
Rastawati makes sure the house is decorated with live chrysanthemums and lime plants for good luck on her mother-in-law’s advice.
Cooking up a storm in the kitchen are (from right) Wong, Malket and their eldest daughter Simi.
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