In Pictures: Singaporeans make last-minute preparations for the Chinese New Year

From buying dinner ingredients to getting festive manicures, here are some last-minute preparations locals are making before welcoming the Year of the Rooster.

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Jan 27, 2017, 05:32 PM

Cars waiting in line for a car wash at an Esso petrol station near King Albert Park on the eve of Chinese New Year.

PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Cars waiting in line for a car wash at an Esso petrol station near King Albert Park on the eve of Chinese New Year.

PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Cars waiting in line for a car wash at an Esso petrol station near King Albert Park on the eve of Chinese New Year.

PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

Cars waiting in line for a car wash at an Esso petrol station near King Albert Park on the eve of Chinese New Year.

PHOTO: TIFFANY GOH FOR THE STRAITS TIMES

A stallholder gestures while selling traditional sweets at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

People shop for traditional Chinese clothes at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

A photo of a juvenile cockerel shot by visual artist Ernest Goh, as part of his exhibition titled Chicks, which was held in conjunction with Chinese New Year, seen outside Scape on Jan 26, 2017.

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A man sets up a picture of a chicken hatchling shot by visual artist Ernest Goh as part of his exhibition titled Chicks, held in conjunction with Chinese New Year, outside Scape on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

A man is seen through decorations on sale at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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People are seen at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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Stanley Ong, 42, carries his daughter Rou Xin (left), two and his niece Quek Rou Jin, three, at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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A woman picks out a lantern at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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People are seen at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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People are seen at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

A woman shops for ingredients at the Chinatown Wet Market at around 9.30pm on Jan 26, 2017.

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People queue up to buy yong tau fu for their reunion dinners at the Chinatown Wet Market at around 9.30pm on Jan 26, 2017.

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People queue up to buy yong tau fu for their reunion dinners at the Chinatown Wet Market at around 9.30pm on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

People are seen at the Chinese New Year bazaar in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

People are seen through Chinese New Year decorations while shopping in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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A man is seen through Chinese New Year decorations while shopping in Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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A boy is seen queuing up for Bak Kwa at Bee Cheng Hiang at Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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People queue up for Bak Kwa at Bee Cheng Hiang at Chinatown on Jan 26, 2017.

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A nail artist from Passion Nails at Far East Plaza shows off her toes which were painted with chicken and pineapple motifs on Jan 26, 2017.

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A nail artist from Mischievous at Far East Plaza shows off her toes which were painted with chicken motifs on Jan 26, 2017.

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A nail artist from Mischievous at Far East Plaza shows off her toes which were painted with chicken motifs on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

A nail artist from Peony Blush at Scape shows off her nail which was painted with a chicken motif on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: MARK CHEONG

A woman picks flowers at a night market in Toa Payoh Central on Jan 26, 2017.

ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

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