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Written by: Ouyang Dehao
2020-01-19 15:11
Last updated: 2020-01-19 15:11The Lunar New Year is approaching. The seven-day Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair opens on the 25th day of today (19th). In response to recent social turmoil, the FEHD has cancelled dry goods stalls. Compared with 284 dry goods stalls, 180 wet goods stalls and 3 cooked food stalls last year, there are only 216 wet goods stalls and 2 cooked food stalls this year. Affected by this, the road to Lunar New Year is wider than in previous years, and the flow of people is sparse.
The Lunar New Year is approaching. The seven-day Victoria Park Lunar New Year Fair opens on the 25th day of today (19th). (Photo by Ouyang Dehao)
Flower stall owner expects regular customers to maintain business
The owner of the stall, Kai Shu, said that he felt the decrease in the number of citizens and expected the business to be worse this year. However, he expressed optimistically that doing business will not be smooth, there will always be good and bad, and he has been operating for many years in the Victoria Park Lunar New Year. At first, he considered giving up the open file this year. confidence. "Don't be afraid if you're in a stall. You can expect it, and you're just fine."
Another stall owner, Mr. Chen, said that the business on the first day was average. On the first day of previous years, a large number of people bought flowers. He feared that the loss of dry goods stalls would lead to the flow of people and that demonstrations would affect the traffic and reduce the public's desire to buy flowers. In order to reduce losses, he reduced the purchase volume, which was about one-third of last year. However, after 18 years of operation at Victoria Park Lunar New Year, there have been some regular customers, so it is decided to continue to open files.
Stalls reduce citizens' anti-increasing desire to visit New Year's Eve
Mr. Huang, a citizen of the city, accompanied his family on the Lunar New Year's Eve in the morning. He said that the atmosphere was similar to that of previous years, but he clearly felt that the stalls had decreased. He is not worried that the demonstrations will affect the Lunar New Year market, as the previous trade shows will not be affected. His daughter, Ms. Huang, said that although she regretted not having a dry goods stall, it was a pleasure to concentrate on appreciating flowers.
Another citizen, Mr. Yao, bought flowers with his pet dog. He said that there was no effect of dry goods stalls, and the flow of people was reduced to make it more comfortable, and he was happy about it. He pointed out that the Lunar New Year had to be done only once a year, and it didn't matter if the annual flowers were slightly more expensive. "The most important thing is world peace, and everyone is healthy."
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