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Kong (black T-shirt) lamenting his woes to his fellow trishaw riders at Armenian Street in George Town, Penang. Photos: LIM BENG TATT and CHAN BOON KAI/The Star CHINESE New Year is one of the festive seasons where trishaw riders are able to earn extra money from angpows given by their customers. Some riders have even received angpows worth hundreds of ringgit during the festival in previous years. However, all that has changed due to the dwindling number of tourists as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order (MCO). A trishaw rider, who wished to be known as Kong, 58, said he used to make an extra RM400 during Chinese New Year from the angpows he received from his customers. ....