Ang Pow Issues...

[friendship]

‘ping jing’ should be given separately by the bridegroom’s family before the wedding takes place. Not using the dinner collection. May be different custom bah.

[yanyan]

Yea… Ping jing is given during the guo da li…my mum & us agreed on the ping jing amt & all ang paos were returned to us for payment of the dinner…

[Funz]

In the past, for Chinese, the groom’s parents are the ones who have to pay for the dinner. They have to offer a decent pin jing to the bride’s family for their efforts in bringing up a daughter. As the bride’s parents have to prepare a dowry for their daughter as well, so it seems normal that they get to keep the ang baos collected from the dinner.


However in modern day, the bride and the grooms usually pay for the entire shindig themselves. So it would appear unfair that the ang boas get confiscated by the parents.

[friendship]

if the couple pays all by themselves, they should have upper hand to tell their parents not to interfere with the ang pows. Ask the relatives to put in the box, as the couple needs to cover the dinner cost after the dinner.

[DesertWind]

Heh heh…wah you think the young couple got as much influence over the relatives compared to their parents? For my case, all I know is that ALL my mother’s relatives gave ang pows to my mother for keeping. I have 10 aunties+uncles btw, and they all know what to do. I was mystified why nobody gave me anything and certainly they won’t hand it over to my reception helpers. Only one or two cousins’ ang pows (out of a lot of cousins) ended up in my ang pow box. I guess they being the younger generation has no clue that they should give my mother hence ended up there.


Yup, the cash "ping zing" in an ang pow was given to my mother during the "guo da li" too. Anyway, I think for my mother it is inconceivable and too embarrassing to tell the relatives and her friends if she received nothing for "ping zing" or did not get to keep the ang pows. So we just let it be, since with my prudent budgeting plus going to a restaurant and a menu without sharksfin we managed to fully cover the dinner cost already. Wah ha ha…!

[KSP]

what’s the market rate for this year Ang Pow? everything goes up faster and higher than our pay…

[phtthp]

KSP:

what's the market rate for this year Ang Pow? everything goes up faster and higher than our pay........

depends on your dialect group.
heard one dialect group give little, $2

[Imami]

KSP:

what's the market rate for this year Ang Pow? everything goes up faster and higher than our pay........

:slapshead: ang bao also higher and higher? Gosh.... I packed already. Dun think I want to repack....

[cherrygal]

Magazines say minimum is $6 for pure acquaintances. DH and his friends usually just give $10 each to the children. Nice relatives get a bit more.

[Imami]

cherrygal:

Magazines say minimum is $6 for pure acquaintances. DH and his friends usually just give $10 each to the children. Nice relatives get a bit more.

Ok la, what I have packed has more.... Heng ar.