Charcoal ornaments selling like hot cakes

In demand: Chua arranging some of her ‘black gold’ ornamented charcoal designs at her shop in Ipoh.

IPOH: The colour black and Chinese New Year do not usually go hand in hand.

It’s different this year. Charcoal decked with festive ornaments are flying off the shelves at Xin Cai Trading on Jalan Othman Talib here.