1,211m yee sang by Lotus's Stores makes into Malaysia Book of Records

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Lotus’s Stores Malaysia Sdn Bhd made history on Saturday (Jan 4) by creating the country's longest yee sang, which is a traditional Lunar New Year dish stretching 1,211m.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Lotus Toss Malaysia's Sundrian Berhad made history on Saturday by creating the country's

00:07longest yisang, which is a traditional lunar New Year dish stretching 1,211 metres.

00:14The record-breaking achievement, certified by the Malaysian Book of Records, took place

00:19at their Kepong branch.

00:20Lotus Malaysia Corporate Services Executive Director Azliza Baizura said that the preparation

00:26of the massive prosperity toss dish started at 7am, with volunteers arranging fresh fruits

00:32and vegetables across 650 connected tables.

00:36Of course, Chinese New Year is all about joy and happiness and inclusivity.

00:41So this year we thought we're going to have to try and do it something different by achieving

00:45a record but involving as many people as we can.

00:49For example, we've got our business partners that is with us today, we've got our charity

00:53partners as well, our colleagues who are volunteering.

00:57It was about more than 150 of us volunteering to do the longest yisang and at the same time

01:03giving opportunity for the children from the five homes to come and join the tossing as

01:09well.

01:10I see some customers coming by and joining so it's actually quite a happy occasion.

01:14Hopefully it brings more luck to us as a nation and at the same time for Lotus to achieve

01:20the longest yisang book of records.

01:24I think our target was 1188 metres but today we've exceeded that so it's 1211 metres.

01:31The record-breaking feat was the highlight of the hypermarkets, Everything Prosperous

01:36Lotus' Great Prizes, Great Fortune and Prosperity campaign.

01:43The celebration also included children from underprivileged homes who participated in

01:47activities like Chinese drum performances, traditional games and arts and crafts.

01:53The event highlighted both record-breaking achievement and community service, with Lotus'

01:58donating 3,900 kilograms of freshly prepared yisang to five community and welfare centres

02:05across the Klang Valley.

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