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"A small dessert vendor in Chinatown’s “Dessert Alley” that saw a sharp uptick in trade when the government’s Eat Out to Help Out discount and sunny weather coincided; the owner describes Monday–Wednesday as “the new weekend,” estimating trade at about 60% of pre-Covid levels and calling recent trading “nonstop and insane,” but cautions the surge may be temporary as businesses try to recover from months of closure and earlier stigma." - Angela Hui