Brace your wallet for pricier dumpling this year


Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

GLUTINOUS rice dumplings (bak chang) for the Dragon Boat Festival are expected to cost more as pork prices have skyrocketed after the African swine fever outbreak at local farms, Sin Chew Daily reported.

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