STAYING INDOORS: The charity said that volunteers at some stalls outnumbered customers, while sales were down 45 percent from last year
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 09, 2020
By: Tang Shih-ming / Staff reporter
Lantern sales at an annual bazaar held by the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families’
Staff from the Taiwan Fund for Children and Families’ Changhua branch yesterday sell paper lanterns at the annual lantern bazaar in Changhua County.
Photo: Tang Shih-ming, Taipei Times
The bazaar, which ends today, reported about NT$70,000 (US$2,324) in sales at a stall at the city’s Carrefour, representing a 70 percent drop from last year, while sales at a stall in Sanmin Market fell 60 percent compared with the previous year, the organization said yesterday.
As of yesterday, sales at stalls nationwide stood at about NT$1.8 million, down 45 percent from last year’s NT$3.1 million, it said.
Since 2013, the fund’s local branches have sold lanterns leading up to the Lantern Festival, with proceeds going to the education and healthcare of children from disadvantaged families, branch director Wang Chen-kuang (王震光) said. [FULL STORY]
