Snake Year stings wedding plans

Lucky couple with a Dragon baby on the way -- Nickcolle Chew, 34, who is six months pregnant, gets to pick and choose while her doting husband Warren Tan, 36, attends to her every whim at the baby department in a shopping mall in George Town Penang. (August 15, 2024) —CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Many couples from the Chinese community believe that this year, the Year of the Dragon, is an auspicious time to have children.

However, with the Year of the Snake coming in 2025, wedding registrations have fallen steeply now as it will not be good to get married and have a baby born in this particular year, according to popularly-held belief.