Love lights up his workshop

Tool time: Loh and Elaine putting their finishing touches on some lanterns made from recyclable material at his workshop in Ayer Itam, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Once a year, mechanic Loh Ban Tatt would turn his garage into a lantern workshop for a month.

Due to his love for making lanterns during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the 53-year-old actually turns down customers in need of car repairs, so that he can solder, glue and paint lanterns to his heart’s content.