Penang Chin Kang Hoay Kuan 90th Anniversary Celebration

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I've attended Penang Chin Kang Hoay Kuan 90th Anniversary Celebration last 2 weeks. I'm one of the organizing committee too. This year is my 3rd year joining them for thier annual anniversary celebration. Since they are celebrating 90th Anniversary of course they are doing something better and different from the past. From the 1st day itself, they had an opening ceremony for the 90th Anniversary Celebration at own club house. Talking about the opening ceremony, it was a meaningful one as the organizing committee had invited the FUJIAN JINJIANG HAND PUPPET TROUPE from China to perform during the opening ceremony. Seriously, it was a great one I've ever seen in Penang. The most interesting one is this troupe was awarded as FIRST BATCH OF CHINA INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE. No matter how busy I was, I still manage to attend the opening ceremony as it was really worthwhile to watch. The puppet can drink, can smoke and even know how to play fire.

At night, Hui Kuan hosted a welcoming dinner to welcome all invited guests from far and near. I am one of the youth committee and was requested to attend the dinner with youth uniform-batik. This was my 2nd time wearing this batik. The 1st time was at Lions Club of Penang (Host)'s Anniversary Dinner. Makan, minum and take pictures.... That's the end of the dinner for that night.

Ok..here comes to the highlight of the whole celebration- Anniversary Dinner at Moral Uplifting Society. I was impressed with the decoration. The event planner turned the whole hall into hotell ballrooom. You can sense it from the entrance to the hall. There were more than 800 invited guests gather in the hall to witness the historical moment of Chin Kang Hoay Kuan. A lot of interesting performances were brought up on stage from China to entertain all the guests. I did not know what I suppose to help in stead I just stand still or walk around with my camera. Snap whatever I like to snap. When the dinner commenced , back to the table which I belongs to and makan. The whole dinner ended at 11.30pm, it was super late but... no choice they had to perform what they suppose to since they came all the way from China. I drove back after the whole event ended. That's all for this post.... This post is more like sharing photos than words.