hey proc tot u are good in catching arrows mah...wuhahaa...
lai liao la..since all wan to hear old ah pek story..so here it goes la..
eh ethel..u need to search ur pocket got 1 dollar coin or not..if got keep it for my kopi...hhaha
long long ago before u all were born hor..there was an ah pek name ah li ..u all can call him ah li pa pa..cos he is consider the founder n father of this city...ah li was very particular in feng shui mah..so he would always go seek advice from a botak whenever he has impt decision to make lo..then comes one day hor he has an idea and wan to build some efficient transport for the ppl.. this type of transport is to be build under ground..so ah li consult this botak "eh can dig underground or not to build the transport system"..then this botak say..."cannot la..if dig n dig this will be bad fengshui for ur city n future prosperity lo"..so ah li ask this botak.."eh like tat how ah i wan to build underground transport for ppl leh..".so the botak reply.."no problem la..can be solved la...but everyone in ur city must carry a "pak gwa" with them lo..confirm ur city will be safe n sound with good prosperity even after digging underground tunnel"...then ah li start to kan cheong liao..he say "wow say..jialat lah... my city got so many race..got ah neh, got chinese, got ang mo ,got malay...mutli racial leh..how ah..how to force all ppl in my city to carry pak kwa leh..sure create racial riot mah cos "pak kwa" is a chinese taosim symbol mah" ..then ah li start to scratch his head ,scratch his face ,his hand n leg..then say ahhhh....i have an idea liao la...yak yak yak..simple la..jus stamp a "pak kwa" on a coin lo.,they can even carry as many "pak kwa" as possible as and when they like lo...somemore carrying a pak kwa without any racial riot leh...idea right??
so this is how the 1 dollar coin with "pak kwa" came abt lo...