It has been 148 years since Johor tionghua association has hold this yearly cultural event that is assisted by 5 chinese clan Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese And Teochew. 2011 has attracted 300,000 spectator.
This year, this event will be hold on 12/2/2012 is expected to exceed previous year spectator as it has been declared by our PM as cultural heritage this year! It is a great great news to us as it will definitely boost our tourism in the state!
As per my knowledge that PM ah jib gor, Johor sultan - Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, TMJ Tunku Ismail, Johor MB Abdul Ghani will be among the VVIPs. 988FM will once again attend this year event.
What will be the thing to watch for this year is the dragon that will be presented during the procession as this year is a dragon year! According to the local. This time will have 99 dragon for exhibition.
My related post last year link is this http://spicyjohor.blogspot.com/2011/03/video-and-photo-johor-bahru-chingay.html
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