Hong Kong jeweler Jun Lam has already closed one shop. His remaining outlet sits...
HONG KONG - Hong Kong jeweler Jun Lam has already closed one shop. His remaining outlet sits in an almost deserted shopping mall at the heart of a district regularly hit by sometimes violent protests that have rocked the Chinese-ruled city since June.
“It’s only a third of the pedestrian flow compared with the past. On some days, almost no shops were open in this mall,” Lam said. To stay afloat, he has closed his other store in the New Territories district of Tseun Wan, the site of some violent demonstrations between protesters and police. It was the 21st consecutive weekend of protests over fears Beijing is tightening its grip on the territory, the worst political crisis since colonial ruler Britain handed Hong Kong back to China in 1997.
“It’s a very serious situation,” said Brian King, associate dean of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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