Valentine’s Day falls on the third day of the Lunar New Year, many Hong Kong people went to the flower market to buy flowers.
Valentine’s Day falls on February 14, the third day of the Lunar New Year, many Hong Kong people went to the flower market to buy flowers for their loved ones. However, due to the Chinese Communist virus Epidemic, some florists said business is much worse than in previous years. In addition, the third day of the year Chikou, many Hong Kong people to the Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin to pray for blessings, in the limit of gathering orders, but still long lines.
Sunday (14) the third day of the Lunar New Year coincides with Valentine’s Day, located in Mong Kok Flower Market, many Hong Kong people came to buy flowers for their other half.
Roses are still the most popular Valentine’s Day flowers. Mr. Wan, who is engaged in the retail industry, bought a large bouquet of red roses to his wife: “Today’s Valentine’s Day, just out of the first thing to buy flowers to send my wife, and live (and then) to go to tea, find some programs to take advantage of the holiday, hit the third day of the Lunar New Year public holiday. This bouquet of flowers 980 yuan, once a year well, the price to Valentine’s Day is appropriate, the exchange may be thousands of dollars, is an epidemic relationship, less out on the street, usually at night that meal to eat at Home, I like to eat in the street. Business are a few percent less.”
Engaged in IT Mr. Yan also bought a bouquet of roses to his sweetheart: “Valentine’s Day well on a whim to buy a bouquet of flowers, no special budget, see beautiful to buy, see their favorite to buy, with eight hundred dollars to buy (bouquet).”
Mr. Yan believes that the Hong Kong government’s anti-epidemic work is not effective: “The epidemic has an impact on everyone, at least travel is difficult. I think the government’s closure of the area is not very effective for the epidemic, it will never end, and now I am pinning my hopes on the vaccine.”
Although just after the sale of annual flowers to usher in Valentine’s Day, but under the epidemic, some florists say that business is much worse than last year.
Flower Xuan store owner Ms. Cheng said: “This year’s sales are not ideal, restaurants are not open; affect no one out to buy flowers, usually the evening meal can send flowers to people or restaurants have flowers ordered, but now no, plus before the rain also less people out on the street. Today’s Valentine’s Day itself is expected to be poor, now worse than imagined. Under the epidemic by the public budget is also less, relatively no previous loose, we sell cheaper than before, because the expected unsatisfactory, the price of goods relatively expensive, because many goods can not come to Hong Kong, so the relative goods less expensive, but can not sell expensive, there is business to do, but not earn. Everyone is so helpless no way because of the epidemic, if there is dinner I believe it will be better than now.”
Some florists said business is much worse than in previous years.
In addition, the day before the second day, for Hong Kong to draw the winning lottery in Shatin Che Kung Temple is crowded, a large number of Hong Kong people to Che Kung Temple to pray for luck. Because of the epidemic, Hong Kong people have to scan the “travel safe” program QR code before entering the temple, or register personal information. There are long lines outside the temple, at least three hours to wait to enter the temple.
The Chinese Temples Committee said that the number of people in the Che Kung Temple has reached the upper limit, announced that the dragon was cut off at 3:30 p.m., calling on Hong Kong people to consider entering the temple at other opening hours to worship. It is reported that as of noon, 7095 people have entered the temple.
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