Most notably, the all-important reunion dinner is confined to those living in the same house.
Alexandria Lim likens the latest standard operating procedure (SOP) to Chinese New Year being cancelled.
“No visiting, no problem. But no reunion dinner with my aged parents living 10 minutes away? That’s brutal, ” said the mother of two, who works with a publishing company in Selangor.Lim, 55, said her parents and her family of four had taken pains to plan the menu and shop for items for the reunion dinner and first day of Chinese New Year, which coincides with her father’s 88th birthday.