Protest planned for Hong Kong’s Sheung Shui against mainland Chinese parallel traders puts pharmacies on alert
- Local group members to march through streets of Sheung Shui border district to protest against tax evasion by mainland Chinese traders who buy duty-free goods
- Merchants association warns shopkeepers of potential chaos and asks them to bring down the shutters if required
Pharmacies frequented by mainland Chinese visitors and parallel traders in a border district of Hong Kong have been warned to shut down if safety is threatened during a protest march on Saturday.
North District Parallel Imports Concern Group will organise a protest march to “recover Sheung Shui”, where residents have for years complained of nuisance caused by traders buying goods to take back to mainland China.
The group expects a turnout in thousands rather than the usual few hundreds, given the momentum against the government’s handling of the controversial extradition bill, which has triggered mass protests and clashes between demonstrators and police in the past month.
The now-suspended bill would have allowed fugitive transfer to places the city does not have an extradition deal with, including mainland China.
About 2,000 people took to the streets in Tuen Mun last Saturday to protest against the decade-long nuisance caused by mainland Chinese women who sing and dance in a park in the district.
