Sibu : Chinese New Year Couplets

 My friend Wong Meng Lei is famous for Chinese New Year Couplets.

In the olden days, just before Chinese New Year, many older Chinese , including a famous artist, Lau Mang, would go around visiting the towkays, to wish them a happy Chinese New Year. The towkays would hand out a red note or ten dollars or sometimes even more. Some old ladies also join the Chinese New Year couplet business. They would get their grand children to write the auspicious words and then they would go from shop to shop to say their greetings. They often receive less like a few ringgit. But it was a good way of getting some cash.

I would always count the number of those red paper in my uncles' shops. Those whowere very generous would have more than 20 on their walls.

The Methodist Message Chief Operating Officer Wong Meng Lei wrote many couplets, and had them printed. The couplets were enclosed in the Wei Li Bao, the Chinese Methodist Message and every read would receive one. Those who want freshly written ones would visit Meng Lei...

This year is his last year with Wei Li Bao., And we really thank him for making WeiLiBao world famous. He has done a very good job. Brilliant!!