The first day of Chinese/Lunar New Year 2010 falls on Sunday, 14 February 2010, which means it falls on same days as St. Valentine’s Day.

Depending on how you look at it, this may be a blessing or trouble.

Days prior to and during Chinese New Year are traditionally busiest period for restaurants as well as travel agencies.

Many Chinese families will have reunion dinners together at the restaurants, ordering relatively expensive dinner package.

Some others will take a holiday trip, since Chinese New Year is also the longest public holiday in Singapore (2 days, plus another one day if it happens to be on Sunday like on year 2010).

St. Valentine’s Day is when couples, young and old will relive romance in their relationship, with many preferring romantic dinners at the favourite restaurants.

With the two festival comes together, restaurants will have to choose one to focus on, and that means they have to lose one of the best business day for the year 2010.

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