Honouring the dearly departed

Blessings for all: Abigail Lim and her brother Gary celebrating the festival with their relatives at the Batu Gantong cemetery in Penang. — CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Loved ones who have passed on were not forgotten this Winter Solstice Festival, a time for reunion among the Chinese community.

Businessman Gary Ong, 41, and his wife brought their two children to the United Hokkien Cemeteries in Batu Gantong to pay their respects to his father, who passed away last month.