PL leader Joseph Muscat this evening visited retail outlets in Misrah Awrikarja, San Gwann, including a grocer, a butcher and a confectioner.
He was greeted by a very enthusiastic crowd chanting "Joseph, Joseph" and making it hard for him to move from one store to the next.
During one of the stops, Dr Muscat made a few brief remarks about the importance of small traders.
He said lower utility bills, together with other PL schemes targeted at retailers, would give them the push they needed to succeed further.