Two strangers met for the first time at Bukit Brown this morning and found out they were related.  Salma Khoo, President of the Penang Trust, was on a private tour  guided by some Brownies when she met Edmon Neoh-Khoo.  When  2 Khoo(s) meet, they talk ancestry, especially when Edmon can trace his ancestry back to Penang.  Lo and behold! They found  they are  uncle and niece. You could say it was  a  morning drizzled with blessings!

The “Reunion” (photo: Khoo Ee Hoon)

On the sidelines of the reunion, Brownie Peter Pak who was at Bukit Brown to lead a tour was chuffed to come face to face with someone he had admired for a long time

“Today I am fortunate and honored to have met Khoo Salma (in the middle) who came down all the way from Penang to visit Bukit Brown. She is the President of the Penang Trust, owner of publishing company Areca Books and author of many many heritage books, which some I own & have read: Kinta Valley, Raja Bilah and the Mandailings in Perak,Streets of George Town, Penang. ” (Peter Pak)

Salma with brownies Peter and Ee Hoon (photo Lai Chee Kien)