Deity gives mixed economic rating for the year


Giving respect: 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.

GEORGE TOWN: The resident deity at the Snake Temple has predicted that the economy will be average in the first quarter of the year, great during the middle and take a small dip in the last quarter.

Devotees of the Cheng Chooi Chor Soo Kong deity interpreted the flames according to their strength in the annual fire-watching ceremony held at the temple in honour of the deity’s birthday.

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