Costlier now to honour the dead


Pricier paraphernalia: A shop selling prayer items for Qing Ming in Setapak, Kuala Lumpur. — LOW BOON TAT/The Star

PETALING JAYA: The cost of Qing Ming’s prayer items has gone up by 10% to 20% but that has not stopped families from observing a tradition that began thousands of years ago.

Office assistant Ooi Yong Huat, 52, who will be going back to Penang with his family this weekend to visit the grave of his father, said they have bought the joss sticks and other prayer items.

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