CHINESE New Year is a time of fresh beginnings and exciting opportunities, much like a snake shedding its skin for growth and renewal.
Although there are abalone from various countries, most of these cheaper canned products come from China – the biggest country in abalone farming.
Overproduction resulting from excessive farming has caused the price of canned abalone to drop by 15% to 20% this year, according to traders and wholesalers.Taking one particular brand as an example, a trader said one can of the wild abalone could be bought at slightly over RM500.>The daily also reported that Ah Cai, the auspicious pixiu statue in Melaka, has made it into the Asean Records as the largest in the region.
Standing at 5.12m tall and weighing 688kg, the statue has been placed at the entrance of Jonker Street to welcome good fortune in the Year of the Snake.Legend says that the pixiu once defecated all over the palace of the Jade Emperor, who was furious and sealed its anus. >According to major Chinese dailies, Hong Kong actor Sean Lau Ching-wan revealed that his wife Amy Kwok thought he wanted to borrow money when he asked her out for the first time.“Later, we acted together in The Greed of Man but I had to keep my feelings to myself to focus on the TV series. We only started dating after that,” he said.The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers . As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium.
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