Towards a greener Qing Ming


Dearly remembered: Member of the public seen praying for their departed loved ones at Kwong Tong Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur during the Qing Ming festival. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Exasperated with having to clear tonnes of waste every year, leading Chinese associations in the country have implored those observing Qing Ming to go easy on the burning of joss paper and food offerings.

The management of Kwong Tong Cemetery, the largest and oldest one in Kuala Lumpur, had to hire several five-tonne lorries to clear some 150 tonnes of “tomb-sweeping garbage” every Qing Ming for the past several years.

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