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201069
Sat, 08/13/2011 - 14:56
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Chinese Autumn Festival in Thailand drives up food prices
BANGKOK, August 13 (TNA) - Prices of food and other goods used for ancestors' worships of Thais with the Chinese origin have kept rising dramatically on the domestic market, ahead of Sunday’s annual Chinese Autumn Festival.
Local people of the Chinese descent have crowded across the “Yaowaraj old market area” in Bangkok’s Chinatown, bartering goods for Sunday’s ancestral worships and their family reunion, a tradition long-observed by the Chinese Thais at the end of the tenth lunar month.
However, with prices of the goods taking a sharp rise, especially those of fresh fruits and pork, the families of Chinese descent have tightened up their spending and resorted to smaller amounts of offerings.
A recent market survey found that one whole chicken was sold at 400-500 baht, whereas one whole duck was sold at 350-500 baht, pork at 150-180 baht a kilogram, one mullet fish at 350 baht, one sea bass at 260 baht, mushrooms at 300-500 baht a kilogram, deep fried pork at 450 a kilogram and fish maw at 1,500-2,000 baht a kilogram.
Prices of imported fresh fruits this year were, however, found nearly equal to or even below those grown locally, with oranges sold at 150 baht a kilogram, grapes at 180 baht a kilogram, seedless grapes at 350 a kilogram, cherries at 400 baht a kilogram and Indian pomegranates at 250 baht a kilogram. (TNA)
Local people of the Chinese descent have crowded across the “Yaowaraj old market area” in Bangkok’s Chinatown, bartering goods for Sunday’s ancestral worships and their family reunion, a tradition long-observed by the Chinese Thais at the end of the tenth lunar month.
However, with prices of the goods taking a sharp rise, especially those of fresh fruits and pork, the families of Chinese descent have tightened up their spending and resorted to smaller amounts of offerings.
A recent market survey found that one whole chicken was sold at 400-500 baht, whereas one whole duck was sold at 350-500 baht, pork at 150-180 baht a kilogram, one mullet fish at 350 baht, one sea bass at 260 baht, mushrooms at 300-500 baht a kilogram, deep fried pork at 450 a kilogram and fish maw at 1,500-2,000 baht a kilogram.
Prices of imported fresh fruits this year were, however, found nearly equal to or even below those grown locally, with oranges sold at 150 baht a kilogram, grapes at 180 baht a kilogram, seedless grapes at 350 a kilogram, cherries at 400 baht a kilogram and Indian pomegranates at 250 baht a kilogram. (TNA)
