Some stalls at Chinatown’s Chinese New Year festive fair say their revenue dropped by nearly 80 per cent in the past two days because of the heavy rain. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg for retailers at Singapore’s signature Chinese New Year fair. Claudia Lim finds out what’s been done to give their businesses a boost.
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