HONG KONG - Just one metro stop away from the Shenzhen border lies the town of Sheung Shui in Hong Kong’s New Territories. Read more at straitstimes.com.
HONG KONG - Just one metro stop away from the Shenzhen border lies the town of Sheung Shui in Hong Kong’s New Territories.
On a recent Friday morning, at least one in every three shops on San Hong Street was shuttered, with property listings plastered across the metal grilles. But the traders kept coming, with some 387,500 daily border crossings at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau – from where train passengers make their way to Sheung Shui – until the Covid-19 pandemic stopped it all.
He now pays about HK$30,000 a month but worries that when his lease is up in June, his landlord might ask for more now that rent prices are climbing again. But in the heart of “Parallel Goods Street”, entrepreneur Law Ting-fai is ready for mainland tourists to return. At least one in every three shops on San Hong Street was shuttered, with property listings plastered across the metal grilles. ST PHOTO: ELIZABETH LAWJust across the road at BB Beauty, which sells cosmetics from Aesop, L’Occitane and even Estee Lauder, a shop assistant told ST she worries about how many customers will return.
Postal worker Rico Lau, who has lived in the area all his life, said many of his childhood friends have moved out because the daily commute had become a struggle.
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