A quiet New Year’s Eve


Welcoming the new year: An electronic billboard wishing goodbye to 2020, in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur. — FAIHAN GHANI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: As much as Malaysians would like to bid farewell heartily to a year that has caused untold hardship to much of the world because of the Covid-19 pandemic, they have to restrain themselves by marking the milestone privately and with less fanfare.

In compliance with the Federal Government’s rule to disallow large gatherings to usher in 2021, there will be no official celebrations for the countdown to the new year in any of the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.

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