The wheelchair-bound septuagenarian, who is not married and has no offspring, said rice dumplings are one of his favourite Chinese delicacies and he was on cloud nine over the opportunity to savour them.

“When I took my first bite, I knew immediately that it was the best dumpling I’ve had since I came to live here.

“I loved it and had another one right after,” said a bubbly Ng, who has been living at the Klang Chik Sin Thong Old Folks Home for 12 years.

He sipped some Chinese tea after finishing the tasty treat “to cut the grease and to aid in digestion” before attending a karaoke session later.

The dumplings Ng was raving about were given by Klang MCA, and they were made by the 70-year-old mother of division deputy chairman Datuk Steven Lim.

“My mum took it upon herself to make more than 200 dumplings when she knew I was going to visit the home with fellow division members,” said Lim.

Division secretary Datuk Dr Ching Eu Boon, Youth chief Tee Hooi Ling and others joined Lim to serve the dumplings to the senior citizens.

Set up 49 years ago to care for old folks with no children, the home has 10 female and 13 male residents, all aged 65 and above.

Lim said elders are like “treasure” and it was important to spend time with them.

“We appreciate their contributions to our country and we should continue to cherish them in their golden years to show them that they have not been forgotten,” he said.

The division would also share the dumplings with orphanages and underprivileged families over the next few days, he added.

The Dragon Boat Festival, known as Duan Wu Jie, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.

It falls on next Tuesday.

It is traditionally an occasion for Chinese families to pray for good blessings while getting rid of negativity, and to honour ancient patriot and poet Qu Yuan who drowned himself in protest against corruption.