Sg Apong Shieng Seng Temple to light up Rooster Year celebration
KUCHING: Devotees and members of the public are invited to sponsor lamps for the Sungai Apong Shieng Seng Temple to pray for good health and peace as the world rings in the Year of the Rooster next month.
The Sungai Apong Shieng Seng Temple Devotees Association will launch a lighting ceremony at the temple in Sungai Apong here at 7pm come Jan 21, 2017.
The ceremony is also held in conjunction with the temple’s forthcoming Chinese New Year celebration from Feb 8 to 11, 2017.
Not only are the lights meant to bring festive cheer to the local community but they are also to help devotees and donors wish for excellent health and a fruitful year ahead.
According to chairman of the association Law Thin Hing, popular local singers will be invited to perform during the four- day celebration in February 2017.
He said the association has been organising the annual festive event for the last 13 years.
“Our festive celebration has emerged the grandest of its kind in Sungai Apong. Entertainment performances will be staged throughout the four nights from Feb 8, 2017,” he told a news conference here yesterday.
Law added that Henghua delicacies such as Henghua Mee and Henghua Beehoon would also be served during the celebration.
He thus appealed to members of the public and devotees in particular not to miss out on the festive do while hoping that sponsors and generous individuals would give the temple their support.
Organising chairman Lau Ching Chung was present during the press conference.
Meanwhile, four types of lamps are available at RM50 (outside the temple), RM100, RM200 and RM500 (all inside the temple).
Limited lamps are on offer. For bookings, call 013- 831 9991, 016899 0606, 016- 898 2929, 016- 894 0063, 016- 869 6068 or 016- 883 1959.
The temple is under the management of Kuching Henghua Co- operative Better- Living and Village Society, Limited.
For more information, call the co- operative’s secretariat at 082- 333 541 or 082- 335 291.