Monday May 25, 2009
A wedding in the afterworld
Compiled by SIM LEOI LEOI, NG SI HOOI and A. RAMAN
A SPECIAL “wedding ceremony” was held in Segamat on Saturday. Both the bridegroom and bride were dead.
The 19-year-old youth died in a car accident but had “told” his family members that he had met his dream girl, China Press reported.
The bridegroom, who passed away in 1996 met his bride, who died from a sickness in 1973 when she was 18, during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
He had told his family members of his wish to marry through a medium in Segamat last year but the family did not take it seriously.
However, the man’s mother felt uneasy and decided to see the medium again last month.
Finally, the family approved of the marriage and the “wedding ceremony” was held.
The medium, who represented the bride, underwent a Chinese traditional wedding ceremony including serving tea to the elders of the family. The bridegroom was represented by his brother.
Cheng wishes to retain association president's post
> Sin Chew Daily reported that the team led by Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry chairman Tan Sri William Cheng had won in the association’s preliminary election on Saturday.
There were 12 new faces among the newly elected 45 committee members, and Cheng, received the third highest number of votes, it reported.
Earlier, Cheng had expressed his intention to retain his post as Association Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia president.
Other News & Views is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a sub-heading, it denotes a separate news item.
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