A ‘love letter’ to community, tradition

By LO TERN CHERN

GEORGE TOWN: The making of kuih kapit (love letters) in a rustic corner of the Ayer Itam neighbourhood here is a throwback to the old days when the entire community got together to make the biscuit.

Such a group effort to produce the popular Chinese New Year confection is still being seen here for the past 50 years.

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