On 2 February 2019, Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang attended the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple Association’s Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) light-up cum temple fair as its special guest. Ms. Tin Pei Ling, Singapore Member of Parliament for MacPherson SMC was the guest-of-honor. Over ten officials from the Taipei Representative Office in Singapore, including Deputy Representative Steven Tai, were also at the event which saw the attendance of more than a thousand devotees and residents.
The temple fair activities were split at two locations, with simultaneous local opera performances and variety singing. The Yihuayuan Troupe from Taiwan, renowned for its opera performance, singing, acrobatics, and martial arts, was invited to perform in Singapore for the 17-day spring festival temple fair. Representative Liang commended the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple for its good work for the Taoist community and its unstinting contributions to community and charitable efforts. He also conveyed Chinese New Year greetings to all and hoped that everyone would enjoy themselves at the fair.
Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang (third from right), Singapore Member of Parliament Tin Pei Ling (second from left) and Mr. Tan Thiam Lye (second from right), Honorary Secretary of the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple Association, at the temple’s Spring Festival (Lunar New Year) light-up cum temple fair.
Representative Francis Kuo-Hsin Liang (third from right) and Singapore Member of Parliament Tin Pei Ling (third from left) striking the gong at the opening ceremony of the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple Association’s Spring Festival celebrations.