Reunion dinner: Tradition that must be kept, or chance to escape?

TNP ILLUSTRATION: Cel Gulapa

Whether it is holding the reunion dinner on the eve of Chinese New Year or heading to the homes of the elders to "bai nian" (visit), such traditions should still be kept, insist elders.

But this is where where the great divide is between the old and young generations, as Maureen Koh and Benita Aw Yeong explain.

While older folks like 71-year-old Madam Julie Low insist on a traditional reunion dinner with the family, younger folks tend to want to escape on short getaways to Bali, Bangkok or KL.