Politics and the Jade Emperor


Fireworks: Lim (right) and Teng Hooi have traded strong words in the media over issues related to the Chew Jetty

The Jade Emperor’s birthday on the ninth day of the Chinese New Year is always marked in grand style by the unique Chew Jetty community in Penang but the celebration this year is in danger of being overshadowed by petty politics.

IT is still more than a month before the Jade Emperor’s birthday but the fireworks or rather, fireworks of the political sort, have started going off around Penang’s famous Chew Jetty.

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