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[Wuhan Pneumonia] Residents in Tai Po line up to buy masks nine hours earlier

2020-01-31T16:31:12.758Z


Pneumonia is raging in Wuhan. Hong Kong people are throwing out "flap" masks. Some members of the Tai Po District bought masks for local residents. The original plan was to distribute "purchase vouchers" starting at 9 am today (1st). For sale. As a result, under the warning of cold weather and the low temperature of about 11 degrees recorded by the Observatory, some netizens found that a large number of residents have lined up 9 hours earlier, and some people have prepared stools and are eager to "wait for the sky." Some netizens reluctantly said, "I won the mask and fight against pneumonia, but I can't beat the cold." After district board members Ren Qibang and Guan Yongye learned of the situation, they rushed to the scene and said, "I hope everyone freezes." Register the address and phone number of the people waiting in line, and distribute a "purchase voucher" so that everyone can go home early and go to the office of the parliament to buy a mask at noon. The residents at the scene reported applause.


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Written by: Yang Wanting

2020-02-01 00:19

Last updated: 2020-02-01 00:19

Pneumonia is raging in Wuhan. Hong Kong people are throwing out "flap" masks. Some members of the Tai Po District bought masks for local residents. The original plan was to distribute "purchase vouchers" starting at 9 am today (1st). For sale. As a result, under the warning of cold weather and the low temperature of about 11 degrees recorded by the Observatory, some netizens found that a large number of residents have lined up 9 hours earlier, and some people have prepared stools and are eager to "wait for the sky." Some netizens reluctantly said, "I won the mask and fight against pneumonia, but I can't beat the cold."

After district board members Ren Qibang and Guan Yongye learned of the situation, they rushed to the scene and said, "I hope everyone freezes." On the spot, they registered the address and phone number of people waiting in line, and distributed "purchase vouchers", so that everyone could come early. Go home and go to the MP's office to buy masks at noon. The residents at the scene applauded.

Due to the shortage of full port masks, many Hong Kong people do not have enough masks. Tai Po District Councillors Ren Qibang and Guan Yongye saw this and bought masks from the Indonesian side for the residents of the district. It was originally scheduled for today (February 1) in the morning At 9:00, a "purchase voucher" was distributed to the pedestrian sidewalk at Shanmei Building, and it was sold as "one household, one box". The quantity was only 800 boxes. Since then, the price has been 80 yuan per box. Due to the limited number, only residents of Fushan Village, Yiya Garden, Mingya Garden, and Xinxing Garden can purchase it, and they are required to purchase it in person and present a proof of address to purchase a box of masks.

However, many netizens found that as early as 11:00 pm the previous night (January 31), residents have started to line up. Some netizens have no choice but to line up overnight for a box of masks, and the temperature is only nine degrees. Frankly, " I won the hood and resisted pneumonia, but I couldn't beat the cold. "Netizens were dissatisfied with the failure of the government to implement the policy, and hoped that district councillors would continue to serve the residents.

After hearing the situation, members of the Tai Po District Council, Ren Qibang and Guan Yongye, rushed to the scene to understand at about 11.45pm. According to Ren Qibang ’s Facebook live clip, he pointed out to the waiting neighbourhood that the latest arrangement is to register the addresses and telephone numbers of people who have queued up, emphasizing “one household, one box” and will distribute “purchase coupons” to them. Today (2 On January 1), from 12 noon to 3 pm, he went to the office of Mr. Ren Qibang to collect masks according to vouchers. He said, "I hope everyone freezes." The residents at the scene applauded.

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Source: hk1

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