1. Out of the many hampers that I had received this year, the attached hamper has a significance (known) to Chinese Hokkiens.
2. Did you notice that half side of the hamper has 6 mandarin oranges?
3. As I had previously mentioned in several postings; No 6 when spoken in Hokkien sounds like "LUCK".
4. In addition, Mandarin Oranges also sounds like "KIM'. And to the Hokkiens, KIM = GOLD.
4.1. Thus, what is more appropriate then giving 6 Oranges or 6 "GOLD" pieces...
5. Thus, one would not be surprised to find many Hokkien firms open for business on the 6tth day of the 1st Lunar month.
6. Note: Singapore has one of the largest population of Hokkiens outside of China. As many Hokkiens come from the Fujian province of China which is just upstream of the country.

Phonetic Sound Like:
Mandarin Oranges sound like "GOLD" in Hokkien
No. 6 sounds like LUCK, also

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On 2/12/2013 1:07:55 PM, Anonymous wrote:
1. Out of the many hampers
that I had received this year,
the attached hamper has a
significance (known) to
Chinese Hokkiens.2. Did you
notice that half side of the
hamper has 6 mandarin
oranges?3. As I had previously
mentioned in several postings;
No 6 when spoken in Hokkien
sounds like "LUCK".4. In
addition, Mandarin Oranges
also sounds like "KIM'. And to
the Hokkiens, KIM = GOLD. 4.1.
Thus, what is more appropriate
then giving 6 Oranges or 6
"GOLD" pieces...5. Thus, one
would not be surprised to find
many Hokkien firms open for
business on the 6tth day of
the 1st Lunar month.6. Note:
Singapore has one of the
largest population of Hokkiens
outside of China. As many
Hokkiens come from the Fujian
province of China which is
just upstream of the country.