PENANG: The bottle gourd and pumpkin will cost more this Chinese New Year because of decreased supply following extreme weather conditions.
Vegetable seller Loh Voon Cheong, 26, said he started planting the hor lor pu (bottle gourd) and kim kua (pumpkin) last October at his Balik Pulau orchard to meet the festive demand.
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