[With your shop] After the conflict, Sheung Shui Plaza becomes a "dead field".

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Written by: Ling Yide

2019-12-28 21:55

Netizens today (28th) launched a "Here and Shop" event at Sheung Shui Plaza. Demonstrators walked around the mall in the afternoon, entering a number of stores to request the brakes, and accused mainland tourists of asking them to "return to the mainland." At the gate, riot police officers entered the mall twice and were detained. After the conflict, the night square of Sheung Shui Plaza was like a "dead field". Some shops reopened after closing the gates, but almost no one passed by the mall.

Some netizens launched the "Here and Shop" campaign at Sheung Shui Plaza today. (Photo by Chen Nuoxi)

From 3 pm, the demonstrators began to walk around Sheung Shui Plaza and Xindu Plaza. They shouted outside the shops, including G2000 and Fengze, and entered many shops, such as Manning, during which they accused mainland tourists of asking them to "return "Mainland", the store immediately closed, and many mainland visitors avoided their faces; at 4 pm, demonstrators went to Wanning, which had already closed the gate, and threw a number of leaflets into the shop from the gate. Scattered nails.

Two clashes riot police enter mall

Several policemen wearing masks suspected that plainclothes police officers used baton to strike and uniform the demonstrators in Sheung Shui Plaza. At least 5 people were arrested. A large number of riot police officers also entered the mall to surround the blockade. Person casts pepper spray. At about 5 pm, demonstrators gathered again on the overpass outside Sheung Shui Plaza. Some demonstrators kicked past the puppets of tourists and pulled their belongings. A woman's bag of cosmetics was scattered all over the place. A man was accused of filming those present and then surrounded by multiple demonstrators. After a collision between the limbs of the two men, the man was suspected of being "private" and fell to the ground. A large number of riot police arrived and rushed into the mall to hunt, while pepper pepper was sprayed again. . Police officers fortified the line of defense outside the mall and retreated until 8 pm.

Only 60% of stores open

After the conflict, the night square of Sheung Shui Plaza is like a "dead field". Only 60% of the shops are still open for business, including Grand Merry and Broadway. Some shops including gold shops, sportswear shops, cosmetics shops have been closed. The doors were reopened after the gates were closed during the previous conflict, but almost no one passed by.

After the conflict, 40% of the shops in Sheung Shui Plaza were closed and few people visited. (Photo by Wang Yiyang)

Mainland travellers want to sneak up and dare to buy

Ms. He and Ms. Chen from Shenzhen stated that they made a special trip to Hong Kong today to purchase skin care products and cosmetics. However, today there is chaos and it is necessary to return to the Mainland earlier. They said they had visited Hong Kong several times before, but they had not encountered demonstrations or conflicts.

Regarding mainland tourists accused of affecting the Hong Kong community, Miss He said, "Where is the meeting? There should be no link." She admits that mainland tourists are currently having a harder time shopping, "sneaking sneakily and dare not buy." Asked whether they would return to Hong Kong again, both of them were hesitant, saying that they might read more news before coming to Hong Kong. In the future, they may consider holding the "trophy" directly with their hands or backpacks. Being attacked.

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