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SINGAPORE - There will be no Chinese New Year Bazaar at Chinatown next year because of the ongoing pandemic. The decision to halt the bazaar for the first time in its history was a result of concerns over crowd control, said the organisers. The Kreta Ayer-KChinatown's Chinese New Year bazaar cancelled due to Covid-19
SINGAPORE - There will be no Chinese New Year Bazaar at Chinatown next year because of the ongoing pandemic. The decision to halt the bazaar for the first time in its history was a result of concerns over crowd control, said the organisers. The Kreta Ayer-Kim Seng Citizens' Consultative Committee also told Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao that the organisers had considered other solutions but faced uncertainties over when phase three of Singapore's reopening would begin. Shop owners in Chinatown, some of whom have been selling their wares for more than 15 years, were disappointed. Ms Jane Yee, 60, who owns a decoration shop near the Chinatown MRT station, told The Straits Times that she was «quite upset» when she heard the news. She has no plans to sell her lanterns on the Internet, with stiff competition from wholesalers there. «We're old already... we don't know how to sell things online,» said Ms Yee. Read more