Handmade tale: A craftswoman making paper horses intended to be burnt as offerings during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
GEORGE TOWN: With the Phor Thor (Hungry Ghost Festival) celebration scaled down this year, effigy makers have been hit as business decreased by more than half.
Craftsman Loh Soo Ban, 64, said his business dropped by 60% as he only started to receive orders for paper effigies recently.
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