More than 1,000 residents celebrate lantern festival with BN, Pakatan leaders

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Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan leaders celebrated the Mid Autumn Festival together with communities in Kluang, Johor on Tuesday (Sept 18) night. Despite the drizzle in the evening, more than 1,000 residents turned out in force for the event.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Johor state leaders celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival together with communities in Kluang

00:07on Tuesday night.

00:08Despite the drizzle in the evening, more than 1,000 residents turned out in force for the

00:13event.

00:14The organizers and residents decorated the venue with lanterns along with Chinese riddles,

00:20which are traditions passed down for generations.

00:23The attendees were entertained by lion dance and cultural performances.

00:27The Barisan National and Pakatan Harapan leaders also took the opportunity to woo voters to

00:34support their candidate, Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah, in the September 28 Mahkota by-election.

00:42Johor Menteri Besar Datuk On Hafiz Ghazi captivated the attendees in his speech with Mandarin-speaking

00:49skills, saying that he has great expectations for the people of Johor and will lead the

00:54state to a more robust economic development.

01:04Armno Supreme Council Member Datuk Sri Ahmad Maslan said the tremendous turnout showed

01:09that the people backed the ruling government and its Mahkota by-election candidate.

01:14If they don't want to support, I don't think it will be a full state.

01:20Tonight is a proof that there is a lot of support.

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