Paying respect on eve of All Souls’ Day to avoid crowd

Family affair: Loh (standing, second from left) with his family cleaning and arranging flowers at the grave of a departed family member a day before All Souls’ Day at the Western Road cemetery in Penang yesterday.

GEORGE TOWN: Several families here took the opportunity to visit the graves of their loved ones on the eve of All Souls’ Day to avoid the crowd.

Among them was vocal coach Francis Loh, 51, and his family, who were spotted gathering around the grave of his late father-in-law.