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A woman steps out to roll a giant foam orange back to the pavement after it was sent rolling across Eu Tong Sen Street by a gust of wind. -- PHOTOS: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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Vendor Teh Kok Chai, 48, spins his shiny steel pot of colourful flavoured ice sticks, attracting the attention of curious customers. Each stick, frozen from milk, fruit juice or soft drinks, costs $1.
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Nearly all the Chinatown stalls selling roasted peanuts and melon seeds do a roaring trade, as they are thronged by passers-by eager for free samples, who mostly end up buying the goods.
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Early shoppers are out in force in Chinatown to stock up on festive goodies and clothes. Locals and tourists squeeze their way through a grid of shophouse alleys, made narrower by pushcart and tent vendors spilling their wares onto the streets.
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The history of common Chinese surnames are printed on these chopsticks, sold at a speciality shop in Pagoda Street. At $1 a pair, these seem popular with shoppers, as according to vendor Zhao Yun, 32, about 300 pairs are sold daily.
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