Compiled by C. ARUNO, LIEW JIA XIAN and R. ARAVINTHAN

       A HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD restaurant in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, which was famous for its siu yuk (roast pork), has served its last customer, reported Sin Chew Daily.

       The third-generation owner of Restoran Loy Kei, Li Yong Lin, who has manned the outlet for the past 52 years, will now retire.

       Yesterday, the 71-year-old woke up at 3am as usual to get his restaurant, which is located at Jalan Dato Ooh Chooi Cheng, up and running for the last time.

       He started by roasting a 40kg pig, 10 ducks and 15 chickens before opening his shop at 6am. Everything was sold out in less than an hour.

       According to Li, the shop helped raise five generations of his family.

       Li said he would miss his customers the most, some of whom he had known for 30 years.

       However, due to his age and inability to find anyone willing to take over the shop, he decided to close the shop and retire.

       Asked what he would do after retiring, he said he would like to enjoy his time gardening and travelling.

       Li said the family had asked their ancestors’ permission if they could close the shop and received their blessings. Li added he would keep the restaurant sign as a memento.

       > China Press reported that a man in China made the news for having sat for his National College Entrance Examination, known as gaokao, every year for the past 13 years in the hope of getting into the prestigious Tsinghua University.

       Born in an agricultural village in Guangxi, 33-year-old Tang Shangjun hass been sitting for his gaokao since 2009, which he hid from his parents for seven years.

       He managed to get a place at China’s University of Political Science and Law in 2016 with a score of 625 but decided not to accept this as his dream was to go to Tsinghua.

       However, recently, his gaokao scores had worsened and his family members were now urging him to take whatever university course comes his way.

       Tang’s 73-year-old mother reportedly no longer cared about which varsity he attends and hoped that he would get married and have children soon “like a normal person”.

       His sister also advised him to accept the latest offer to study civil engineering at Guangxi University.

       “If they pressure me more, I think I will attend the university while at the same time prepare for the exam,” said Tang, vowing that the next gaokao would be his final attempt.

       ● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.