Dragon ship set to depart

Dedicated work: Temple caretakers Linda Ng (left) and Molin Aw putting the final touches to the dragon-shaped paper boat and the Tai Su Yeah effigy in conjunction with the Hungry Ghost Festival in Air Itam, Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: In a painstaking effort, a group of eight youths spent a whole month delicately putting together a dragon-shaped paper ship, made with bamboo, cardboard and 6,000 pieces of folded Ong Seng Jee (joss paper with sutras imprinted).

The finished ship, or Say Hong Chun, stands at 4.88m (16ft) high, 4.88m long and 1.83m (6ft) wide.