Ang Pau Giving Rate (2015)

[jacksonlim]

Can I know how much is the going rate for Chinese Ang Pau this year?
Not a rich man, I want to give just enough to not look Cheap Skate/"Kiam Siap"/Kedekut Masin!

[Sentinel]

Follow Penang Hokkien rate lah....

[Henry T]

It is the thought that counts.

[Dervish]

Follow Penang Hokkien rate lah....

And how much is that?

i noticed that up north $2 angpow are still being given.

Over here, I was already receiving a minimum of $10 when I was a wee little kid way back when. I'm not sure but I think the current rate is $50?

[jan tomaswaki]

RM50? Where do you stay,so that i can bring my children ,nephew,nieces etc to your house.Siow la you!

[Sentinel]

And how much is that?

i noticed that up north $2 angpow are still being given.

Over here, I was already receiving a minimum of $10 when I was a wee little kid way back when. I'm not sure but I think the current rate is $50?

I am not poor nor would I say I am rich... I am just a semi-retired corporate man dealing in some investment projects in Indonesia in mining, infrastructural and even do land deals... and every year I wrap RM4 ang pows and RM10 ang pows - for kids we meet in house visits we do not know well and the RM10 for kids of our friends.... that is all we give out. To me, ang pow is a gift to accompany good prosperity wishes - its not like BR1M or anything and it shouldn't be....

[Dervish]

Friends, sorry. I have been misunderstood. I had not intended my post to be condescending in any way.

What I meant was that the angpows given seemed to vary across different regions. $2 angpows were still being given in northern states like Ipoh. Over here, I have seen $5 given to strangers and between $10 to $50 given to friends kids. More for family members and close friends.

That made me wonder about the rates in Penang as well as the southern states. Maybe it's because different state practice different custom. If not, then perhaps what I've observed were just isolated cases.

BTW, if I'm not mistaken, $4 angpows were never given. Sei sei saeng! Not auspicious.

[Greenwich]

Dervish,

We gave RM10 angpow to friends’ children and neighbours’ children who visit us in CNY. For nephew and nieces, the angpow is RM50.

We have a few relatives who reside in Singapore. When we visit them or when they come to KL during CNY, we prepare angpow with SGD50 note for their children.

Have been many years we gave angpow this way..

[Henry T]

BTW, if I'm not mistaken, $4 angpows were never given. Sei sei saeng! Not auspicious.

Sei is OK if the red packet is 40, 400 or even 4000. You see, the Chinese are pragmatic people.