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Year of the Rabbit|Kowloon City’s crowded markets spend more than $3,000 on food for a family of 18

2023-01-21T07:01:08.414Z


This year is the third Lunar New Year under the third epidemic situation, and it is also a year towards normalcy. Today (21st) is New Year’s Eve, and the streets of Kowloon City are crowded with people at 9:00 in the morning. Good atmosphere, buy


This year is the third Lunar New Year under the third epidemic situation, and it is also a year towards normalcy. Today (21st) is New Year’s Eve, and the streets of Kowloon City are crowded with people at 9:00 in the morning. The atmosphere is good, and it is a little "pre-cooked" for buying and cooking reunion dinners.


Because the government has further relaxed the epidemic prevention restrictions recently, some citizens said that they specially went to the market to buy ingredients. Tomorrow (22nd, Lunar New Year’s Day) a family of 18 will gather for an early New Year’s dinner. “This year is very happy, all the elderly can go out Come back, I have never tried for a long time to celebrate the New Year with a large group of people.”


▼January 21, New Year's Eve, Dragon City's streets are full of people▼


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Mrs. Zeng: The New Year atmosphere this year is much better than previous years

The streets of Kowloon City were crowded with people this morning, and there were people queuing up for the chicken stalls and seafood stalls.

Mrs. Zeng and her husband came to buy ingredients for the reunion dinner. The family of the two has spent nearly 1,000 yuan on chicken, seafood and vegetables. It doesn’t matter if it’s once a year.” She also said that she enjoyed eating out when the epidemic was eased recently.

A family of 18 people gathered for a New Year's dinner

Mrs. Chen was there to buy ingredients for the New Year's dinner. She estimated that today she would spend 3,000 to 4,000 yuan to buy seafood, live chicken, pig's feet, etc.

She said that due to the recent relaxation of the government's anti-epidemic policy, tomorrow (the first day of the new year) the family of 18 will gather for a New Year's dinner in the morning. A large group of people celebrated the New Year together.”

The price of imported seafood has risen, and the stall owner: I don’t make a lot of money

Today's food prices are 10% to 20% higher than usual, and seafood prices have risen most significantly.

Ms. Xian, the owner of the seafood stall, said: "This year (epidemic prevention) has been relaxed, and more people have come out to buy food, and the business is good." As for the "seafood price" today, she said, "The shrimps are very expensive, and the incoming products are very expensive. Thousands of mosquitoes." She explained that because the price of incoming goods was more expensive than before, she didn't make much money.

The chicken stalls are booming, and the business has increased by 20% to 30%. The pork stalls are worse than in previous years.

The chicken stalls in the market are also thriving, with long queues.

Sister Ling, the owner of the live chicken stall, estimates that about 200 chickens will be sold today. This year, the price of live chickens has increased by more than 20%. Have."

Sister Ling pointed out that the business is better than in previous years, and the business volume is expected to increase by 20% to 30%. According to the scene, most of the customers have made reservations, and citizens have to wait for about half an hour to pick up the chicken.

Mr. Lien, the owner of the pork stall opposite the market in Kowloon City, said that this year’s business has dropped by nearly half. “Last year, I kept my hands on the ground. I didn’t even talk about it.” He speculated that more people returned to the mainland after customs clearance Visiting relatives to pay New Year's greetings leads to less business.

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Source: hk1

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