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ST Picks: Fear and living during the Hungry Ghost Month

Now that the Hungry Ghost Month is almost behind us, I can soon walk with a lighter step.

Now that the Hungry Ghost Month is almost behind us, I can soon walk with a lighter step.  Since I was young, my mother had drummed into me a list of things not to do during the month, when ghosts are said to be released from hell for their annual holiday on earth, according to traditional Chinese beliefs.