Petaling Street traders expect slower sales for CNY

Cheh Yoong Kong and his nephew Cheh Fook Tien, 37, manning the waxed meat stall started by Yoong Kongs father more than 50 years ago. — SAM THAM/The Star

WITH Chinese New Year only two weeks away, the festive razzmatazz has begun to build up in Petaling Street, but rather slowly.

The area once deemed the designated shopping destination for the Chinese to usher in the new lunar year, was not as “red” as before.