High demand for sugar cane


Last-minute shopping: Customers choosing pineapples (top) and pink pagoda-shaped candy (bottom) in George Town as they prepare to celebrate the Jade Emperor’s birthday tonight. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Sugar cane, the main offering during the Thnee Kong Seh (Jade Emperor’s birthday), is back in high demand as this celebration on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year will be on a merrier scale this year.

A check at several stalls by the roadside here saw a large crowd picking their preferred stalks for the event tonight.

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