Anxious Hong Kongers clear store shelves in panic-buying frenzy

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NSTworld: “I am not sure if people have overreacted. But I have never seen this in my life. It is like wartime. I saw people even stock up on toilet paper.” HongKong

While early-bird shoppers complained about having to queue for almost 45 minutes at cashiers at supermarkets, latecomers were confronted with almost empty shelves. Throughout the morning, social media was awash with pictures of supermarkets and grocery stores that appeared to have almost no stock.

“I am not sure if people have overreacted. But I have never seen this in my life. It is like wartime. I saw people even stock up on toilet paper.” Protesters unleashed chaos across the city in an angry response to an anti-mask law, introduced by city leader Carrie Lam on Friday in a bid to quell the social unrest that has rocked the city for nearly four months.The move backfired and tens of thousands of people poured on to the streets to protest on for a second day on Sunday.

“It is very inconvenient,” one customer, called Mr So, said. “Malls are closed. ATMs at branches are vandalised. Those are rioters. I don’t think the police should let them go.” A man surnamed Cheng, who is in his 70s, bought three bags of rice weighing a total of 15kg, as well as a trolley’s worth of frozen dim sum and canned food, when he stocked up at a ParknShop supermarket in Tsuen Wan on Sunday.

 

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