Tree of Fortune

A giant “ang pow tree” in Rifle Range, Air Itam, here, is drawing people from near and far to hang hundreds of red ang pow packets on this shady tree.

Punters are said to have struck it rich after writing their favourite 4-digit numbers on red packets and stringing them up on the tree.

Volunter helping punters string up “lucky ang pow” packets on the tree’s branches.

The tree has attracted punters from as far as Johor Baru after claims that many have struck it rich.

Retired cook Chuah Eng Lum, 60, said it all started when the Laughing Buddha appeared to him in a dream in April. “He said luck was coming to Rifle Range and told me to find a tree for the red packets,” he said. “My friends and I decided to try it out with our special numbers for fun. To our surprise, we won a small fortune.”

Since then, Chuah said, people from as far as Taiping, Alor Star and Johor Baru had travelled to Penang to “pay homage” to the tree of fortune.