Will Hong Kong anti-government protests ruin city’s role in Beijing’s Greater Bay Area plan? Depends on whom you ask
- In a series of in-depth articles on the unrest rocking Hong Kong, the Post goes behind the headlines to look at the underlying issues, current state of affairs, and where it is all heading
- Do Beijing’s plans to boost various sectors in Shenzhen signal that the tech hub, with a bigger GDP than its formerly dominant neighbour, could take the lead amid the unrest?
August and September are usually busy months for clothing trader Michael Hui Wah-kit, whose international clients arrive in Hong Kong for fashion shows and trade events.
Buyers from Australia and Europe come to him for the latest casual wear produced by his suppliers on the Chinese mainland and in Southeast Asia.
“It’s worrying because if they can do it over the internet, they can deal directly with the manufacturers and won’t need us any more,” said Hui, managing director of Freedom Industrial Corporation, founded in 1973.
Hong Kong entrepreneurs with factories in Guangdong province say their customers have been affected too.
Dennis Ng Kwok-on, whose Dongguan factory supplies chemicals and machinery to overseas buyers, said: “My clients from Britain, Southeast Asia and Taiwan would now rather fly to Shenzhen. We pick them up and head to Dongguan for meetings.”
