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The Straits Times Crowds throng wet markets around S'pore; some customers reportedly queue over an hour to enter Customers at Chong Pang Wet Market on Feb 9, 2021. Only 150 patrons were allowed inside the market.ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN The shoppers at Chong Pang City Wet Market were trying to keep a safe distance from each other.ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN A queue of about 250 people waiting to enter Kovan Market and Food Centre.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY A queue of about 250 people waiting to enter Kovan Market and Food Centre.ST PHOTO: GIN TAY The queue extended from Kovan Market and Food Centre all the wa...
The Straits Times SINGAPORE - Wet markets around Singapore are still seeing huge crowds three days before the start of Chinese New Year. The Straits Times was at the wet markets in Kovan, Chong Pang and Potong Pasir on Tuesday morning (Feb 9) and some customers said they had to queue for more than two hours. Safe distancing measures did not appear to be observed in some queues. When ST visited the Kovan Market and Food Centre at Block 209 Hougang Street 21 at 10am, a queue of about 250 people had formed from the market all the way to Kovan MRT station, about a three-minute's walk away.