Senior folk say CNY will be different but it is for everyone’s good


Making do: Residents at a nursing home in Bayan Lepas, Penang, looking at festive goodies as they contemplate celebrating Chinese New Year with each other and the staff instead of with their family members.

GEORGE TOWN: Although there will be no reunion dinner with his children this Chinese New Year, retired teacher Yean Lai Haw, 66, understands that the bigger picture is to win the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

“This will be the first time my four children will not be home for the Chinese New Year.

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