Chinese businesses still suffering after-effects of COVID-19 as Lunar New Year dawns
ABCOn this day last year, there had only been a handful of confirmed coronavirus cases in Victoria. Mr Zheng is vice president of the Asian Business Association of Whitehorse and, as part of the committee organising the 2020 Chinese New Year celebrations in Box Hill, he and his team had to decide what to do. As Chinatown prepares for muted celebrations this Lunar New Year, the past 12 months have been a "mixed bag" for businesses in the precinct. This Chinese New Year Melbourne's CBD will go without the Millennium Dragon parade; the Box Hill Chinese New Year Festival has been cancelled, as has the festival in the city of Monash. "Although we are still very cautious and we have to follow the COVID-safe plan, families will still come out to eat in the restaurant, a Chinese New Year banquet," Mr Doon said.
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