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Malaysia s traders anticipated a sales boom before Chinese New Year, but the MCO has dented their hopes
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Malaysia s traders anticipated a sales boom before Chinese New Year, but the MCO has dented their hopes
Kuala Lumpur s Chinatown has turned uncharacteristically silent. Usually, the area would be one of the busiest in the city in the run-up to Chinese New Year. (Photo: Vincent Tan) Share this content
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KUALA LUMPUR: Traders in Kuala Lumpur and beyond who were anticipating a busy season in the lead up to Chinese New Year are now bracing themselves for potential losses, after the government again enforced a Movement Control Order (MCO) in almost all states to tackle a soaring number of COVID-19 cases.
Durio purchasing executive Gracelyn Foo showing one of the mask designs by the company.
Ox-themed masks may not be trending at the moment but Petaling Street traders in Kuala Lumpur are banking on the zodiac animal to give the idea a big push come this Chinese New Year.
Never mind that another round of the movement control order, which took effect on Jan 13, has put a damper on otherwise steady sales.
If wearing something with a cow motif on your face does not appeal to you, there are plenty of other colours and a variety of bright patterns to choose from at the many stalls there.
It is tempting to describe 2020 as an
annus horribilis – a horrible, dreadful year – with much justification. So many lives lost, livelihoods destroyed, plans disrupted, economies in free-fall, the sense of being imprisoned, the damage to mental and physical health. So many things that we had always taken for granted suddenly became uncertainties. Amidst the vortex of emotions many experienced with the lockdown, it would have been easy to slip into acedia.
But human beings are nothing if not creatures who readily adapt. Amidst the dark, foreboding clouds, we discovered so many silver linings. There was Netflix, of course, but we quickly harnessed technology to our advantage in other ways. We came to realise that trekking daily to our workplace, with all its travails, was probably no longer essential. We could work just as easily, and in some instances better, from our homes. But we also soon found out that we had a need for the human contact of our colleagues that the computer
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Murals add colours to the federal capital, big honour for local artists
(Series II - Mural artists’ views in beautifying Kuala Lumpur and opportunities for local artists to show case creativity and talent) 27 Dec 2020 / 10:50 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: “Everyone can make a mural, it’s just how to get the standard so that our work becomes the talk of town and made viral on social media,” said Ruhizad Mohd Ali, 58, the ‘backbone’ and leader of the group that is responsible for painting the murals (pix) under the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) project.
The mural paintings are normally drawn at abandoned locations or spots to transform the place into beautiful and exciting places and become places of attractions for visitors in the federal capital.