PETALING JAYA: A lion dance troupe in outfits adorned by inexperienced LED lights welcomed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah as he graced the Chinese New Year dinner organised by LBS Bina Group Bhd.
His Majesty was accompanied by Pahang Regent Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah ibni Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Among the dignitaries have been International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz and Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.
His Majesty and friends together with LBS Bina government chairman Tan Sri Lim Hock San began dinner with the standard tossing of yee sang.
In a speech, Lim mentioned it was actually an honour to have the Yang di-Pertuan Agong at LBS Bina’s Chinese New Year celebration.
“I am a firm believer that Yang di-Pertuan Agong has bestowed the nation with greater harmony as a strong advocate for cultural unity of all races.
“This celebration will definitely give us a good start and opulence to every one of us at LBS Bina in the Year of the Tiger,” he mentioned.
Lim additionally famous that this 12 months’s celebration was completely different due to the brand new norm attributable to the Covid-19 pandemic.
It was held with a strict customary working process (SOP), with the 250 friends required to put on face masks all through the reception.
“This Chinese New Year celebration is a very different one, where we will be celebrating it amidst the new norm and for the Lim family, the first one without our late founder and beloved father, the late Datuk Seri Lim Bock Seng,” mentioned Lim.
He added that the corporate had finished its half by contributing to these affected by the pandemic and the current floods.
Other VVIPs current at the occasion in Hotel Majestic, Kuala Lumpur have been Pahang Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, Pahang state government councillors and China’s Ambassador to Malaysia, Ouyang Yujing.
