Hong Kong’s traditional Lunar New Year flower markets will be open for the festive period but with crowd-control measures, officials have said in a U-turn over an earlier decision to ban the annual event amid the coronavirus pandemic.Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee announced the reversal on Tuesday nearly two weeks after it was called off as Covid-19 cases spiked, and said the government had to balance fighting the health crisis with the public’s demand for flowers and…

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