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Written by: Shao Peilin
2020-01-31 10:10
Last updated: 2020-01-31 10:10The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan has continued in recent months, leading to a surge in mask purchases. Police allege that a report was received recently that members of the public have paid for ordering masks online but failed to pick up the goods. Suspected cheating, the police urged the public to buy masks from reliable and reputable online stores.
People go to the pharmacy to buy masks. (Photo by Ou Jiale)
Police said that the police received a report from an online social media platform that failed to pick up the goods after paying for the masks. Suspected cheating, the police are investigating. Police urge members of the public to be careful of online shopping platforms of unknown origin. If you want to shop online, you should buy from reliable and reputable online stores to avoid falling into the trap of scammers. Police said that if members of the public suspect that they have been deceived, please call the "Anti-Cheating" consultation hotline 18222 for enquiries.
Chief Secretary for Administration Zhang Jianzong: 30 million masks will be available
A few days ago, the Chief Secretary for Administration, Zhang Jianzong, said that 8 million masks have arrived in Hong Kong so far this month, and it is expected that 24 million masks will arrive in Hong Kong in the future. The government has contacted local companies, including I & T, to supply 1.6 million higher-spec masks per month. It also provides all conveniences to assist Hong Kong businessmen who produce masks in the Mainland and overseas, and will return to Hong Kong to set up factories to produce masks in a short period of time. The Hong Kong population of the Census and Statistics Department estimates that there will be about 7.52 million people in the middle of 2019. If one person needs one mask per day, the annual demand will be about 2.745 billion masks.
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