Flower industry ‘wilting’ during lockdown


PETALING JAYA: Flower farmers in Cameron Highlands are forced to throw away tonnes of flowers each day as florists all over the country are closed during the lockdown.

Cameron Highlands Indian Farmers Association president Mathan Subramaniam said over 100 such farmers who supply flowers to the whole of the peninsula are seeing losses running into tens of thousands of ringgit daily.

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