On the eve of Lunar New Year at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, devotees come in throngs to pray to Kuan Yin, the main temple deity, for an auspicious start to the year. Many have strategically placed themselves near the incense pot, owing to legend that the first person to plant his or her incense sticks at the stroke of midnight will have a prosperous year. [Photo by Ahmad Iskandar Bin Abdullah]