Selling Zongzi becomes way of livelihood in Philippines amid pandemic


MANILA, June 13 (Xinhua): Wilson Lee Flores, a Philippine bakery owner, never thought his longing for the taste of "Mama's Zongzi" could become a way of earning livelihood amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Over the past one and a half years, the pandemic has hit the Philippine catering industry hard and Lee's bakery, a time-honoured brand established in 1939 in Quezon City in Metro Manila, is no exception.

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