The trade prices of vegetables, both natively grown and transported from outside Lhasa, dropped sharply, even down by half for certain kinds by Sunday, Dec 5, according to a market survey.

At Lhasa's Yaowangshan Farmers' Market, Mr. Wang, an experienced vegetable wholesale and retail businessman said: "Since the beginning of December, vegetable prices have increasingly dropped. For example, now the price of radish is 2 yuan per kg, compared to 4 yuan per kg in November."

"Measures set for price stability by the government works immediately in the market, and now it is just a beginning," said a supermarket manager who is in charge of green-stuff sales.