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New Straits Times
04-03-2005
Taoists mark All Souls Day with prayers, food and gifts
Edition: New Sunday Times

PETALING JAYA, Sat. - While relatives burnt paper products to appease the

souls of their loved ones, Chan Yeng Soo brought the real stuff.
"My father smoked right up to his death in 1971, so I brought a packet

of his favourite brand and lit them up one at a time," said the

69-year-old.

He also brought along a paper cellphone and a walking cane.

Asked if the senior Chan would know how to use a mobile phone,

something which was not around in 1971, Yeng Soo said:

"The people in ...

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