Grow your own money tree

IF YOU are the kind of person who feels guilty about the trees that need to be chopped down in order for all the paper we use and then discard, Maxis has come up with a more sustainable solution for the festive ang pow packets.

Maxis’ Plant-a-Blessing Ang Pows are special red packets made from plantable seed paper.

Each ang pow is designed with a space for the giver to write a personal wish or blessing that the receiver can ‘nurture and grow’ in the year ahead.

Planting the ang pow in soil and watering it with care activates the embedded seeds, which in turn sprout into a flowering plant.

Specially for this Chinese New Year, you will receive a set of Maxis’ plantable ang pows free with any new phone purchased via the Maxis Online Store. This offer is available until Feb 11.

To accompany the Plant-aBlessing Ang Pow promotion, Maxis is releasing a short film titled The Money Grandma Owes Me, in which a young boy learns that the most special gifts are actually those that money cannot buy.

“Sometimes, we focus too much on the money inside an ang pow, and less so on the spirit of giving, of wishing happiness to those we love,” said Maxis marketing services head Sulin Lau.

“We thought these Plant-aBlessing Ang Pows could help remind people that the truly wealthy receive gifts that money cannot buy.”

For more, visit the Maxis Malaysia website.