Chinanews.com, February 4th. According to Malaysia’s Shihua Daily, the continued deterioration of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has prompted Malaysia to implement a movement control order for the second time. In order to control the flow of people, the community New Year shopping mall held in the past year was closed this year. It was revealed that the consumption of Singaporean and Malaysian guest workers fell by 30% to 40% in the annual sales volume, and they had to reduce the number of annual sales to avoid losing money.

　　The New Year’s Market has always been a good place for people to greet the Lunar New Year and buy New Year’s goods. Johor Jaya New Year’s Market has always been a crowded place in previous years. Not only the residents of the district, but also the New Northwest District, Kota Tinggi Chinese consumers and Chinese consumers. Singaporean.

　　Johor Bahru County is in the red zone of the epidemic. Johor Jaya will not be allowed to hold a New Year’s Festival this year to avoid increasing the risk of cluster infections. Therefore, although it is less than two weeks before the Lunar New Year, the bustling Deta district of Johor Jaya seems deserted.

　　In previous years, Cheung Hing Trading Company, which occupied a central position in the Johor Jaya New Year Market, used to be open 24 hours to welcome the crowds of New Year goods. This year, due to the administrative order, it closed at 8 pm.

　　Qiu Shufang (52), the person in charge of Xiangxing Trading Company, revealed that there were no customers in the area at 8pm, which was the opposite of the busy traffic in previous years.

　　"Without hosting the New Year Shopping Mall, the atmosphere will not be very lively. At present, only local residents are supporting the sales of New Year's goods. Singaporeans and Malaysian workers have not come, reducing their turnover by 40%."

　　She said that according to market demand, the annual tangerines imported this year have also fallen by 40%.

Due to the good harvest of Chinese oranges, the price of oranges will fall this year.

　　Laksh (27), a hawker who used to help his father sell rice cakes in the Johor Jaya New Year Market in the past, sells rice cakes in the corridor of the dining room opposite the Johor Jaya Market this year.

　　On the day of the interview, Laksh revealed that he started to set up his stall at 5 am, but he only managed one business by 12 noon.

　　He lamented that this year's business is difficult. Faced with the current situation, his father's rice cake production factory has also reduced its production by 40%, so as not to sell the rice cakes and lead to loss of money.

　　Hu Huifang (35 years old), who opened a flower shop in the same district, revealed that this year's business has decreased by 40%. At present, regular customers are supporting the business. The creative flower design for the Chinese New Year is also lacking and the market is quite slow.

　　The Little Angel Flower House, which is some distance away from the New Year Market in Johor Jaya, used to rent a parking lot in front of the store to sell festive items such as New Year ornaments and lanterns. The person in charge of the store Huang Shanshan (60 years old) said that the new year ornament market has gradually Be active and confident that business will be booming next week.

　　"Although the New Year Market has not reduced the number of people, we are all in regular customer business, and it does not have much impact."

　　She revealed that the New Year's decorations had arrived in October last year, so they will not be affected by the logistics situation under the epidemic.

At present, she puts her ornaments on the front corridor of the store. In the past, this was not allowed by the Johor Bahru City Council. This year may be a special situation and was not stopped by officials. She thanked the law enforcement authorities for their understanding.

　　"Although I am shrouded by the epidemic, I am confident that the new year's decoration market will get better and better. After all, the new year is about to pass."

　　Despite the impact of the epidemic and the suspension of the Community New Year Shopping Mall, some shopping malls in Johor Bahru still hold New Year Shopping City activities as usual. The interviewed merchants bluntly stated that the number of people visiting the malls is limited, and they are currently matched with online sales to push up buying.

　　In the past, major shopping malls in Johor Bahru would take advantage of the Lunar New Year Festival to hold a New Year’s Market, allowing businesses to participate in the New Year’s consumer market.

Due to regulatory orders this year, most shopping malls in Johor Bahru chose to close the New Year’s Market, and there are still one or two shopping malls that continue to host the event.

　　Johor Bahru City Center was closed until February 4 in accordance with the movement control order, and R&F Mall also decided to close the New Year’s City activities due to the administrative order.

　　Johor Bahru Wufucheng Plaza held a 21-day Chinese New Year Market, attracting 21 merchants to participate.

The New Year Shopping Mall in Johor Bahru Ballotite Mall won the participation of 8 merchants.

Although the number of participating merchants has been halved compared to previous years, the interviewed merchants disclosed that the number of people has decreased significantly due to administrative regulations, which has made merchants need to stimulate buying through online sales.

　　Luo Yanru (35), the person in charge of the "Mr. Squid" snack stall, revealed in an interview that in previous years, two stalls were rented from shopping malls to sell Chinese New Year goods, but only one stall was rented this year.

　　She said that the company did not dare to take risks this year. In addition to reducing New Year's goods, it also promoted its products through its own online shopping platform.

　　"This year it is obvious that there are fewer Singaporeans, and locals have also reduced their visits to shopping malls. The flow of people has decreased by 70% compared with previous years. There is more than a week before the Lunar New Year. The coming weekend is the last weekend before the Lunar New Year. I hope there will be more customers by then. Emerge."

　　Yang Huimin, the person in charge of the "Golden Grandpa" gift basket company, also said that due to the impact of the epidemic, the purchasing power of the people has weakened. At present, the company has not received a large number of purchase orders as in previous years.

　　She said that the company halved the production of basket gifts this year, and received many orders through the Internet earlier, and coupled with the physical exhibition and sales of New Year's goods in the city, I believe the two can make up for the shortcomings.

　　"In order to stimulate buying, we plan to buy one get one free for 1,000 copies, hoping to attract more customers."