Hong Kong florists were up in arms when the government announced two weeks ago that it was cancelling this year’s Lunar New Year flower markets because of the Covid-19 pandemic.Then, on Tuesday, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee relented and said the traditional sales would go ahead, but under stringent social-distancing measures.The turnaround upset some florists who had already made alternative plans, forking out hundreds of thousands of dollars on separate venues to sell…
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