[Wuhan Pneumonia] Buy masks on behalf of residents, but Mai Yunpei, who is under siege, puts up money to buy uncomfortable

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Written by: Yang Wanting

2020-02-01 22:32

The pneumonia haze in Wuhan caused panic in the city. Hong Kong people lined up to buy masks day and night in order to "protect themselves". Many district councillors have seen this. On behalf of the residents, they fluttered "masks". As a result, some district council members did not get good reports. Instead besieged by residents in the office. Shatin District Council Mai Runpei sold 300 boxes of masks in the evening on Saturday (1st), drawing thousands of people in line. More than 20 people returned empty-handed, angering Mai Runpei and his team, besieging them in the office for more than an hour, shouting "You are a district councilor, you are a magistrate!"

Mai Runpei felt helpless, and frankly spent one Sunday night shopping online and selling four masks, selling masks to residents at a cost below the cost, in exchange for unfriendly treatment, Mai sighed, "paid money to buy uncomfortable", and said not Will sell masks again. He said he understood the residents' dissatisfaction and criticized the culprit as the government for failing to provide enough masks for Hong Kong people.

Shatin District Council Mai Runpei announced at 5 pm that one hour later, his office would sell 300 boxes of masks. It only supplies residents of Li'an Village and Cuiyonghuating, and is limited to "one household, one box". Each household has a registered address You can buy it later. As soon as the news was announced, thousands of people lined up to snap up. Mai Runpei said that he and his staff had already intercepted the dragon ahead of time and left with other people in the queue, but many people ignored the queue and continued to line up.

Finally, at 7 pm, all 300 boxes of masks were sold out. However, 20 to 30 residents who did not purchase masks were so dissatisfied that the office surrounding Mai Runpei refused to leave, preventing Mai Runpei and his volunteer team from leaving. They shouted, "You are a district councilor, you are a magistrate, you have to find a way!" And asked Mai Runpei to resell masks as soon as possible. The incident was disturbed for more than an hour, and Mai Runpei's staff was also rammed during the chaos. Eventually with the help of other neighborhoods, Mai Runpei and others were able to leave the office.

Shatin District Council Mai Runpei sold masks at its Ma On Shan office at a "cost-loss" price. As a result, residents who were unable to purchase masks were trapped inside the office. (Profile picture)

Mai Runpei felt helpless about the incident. He pointed out that the announcement was made one hour before the sale, in order to avoid residents waiting in line overnight. I did not expect that thousands of people would be there. Therefore, he and his staff had immediately "cut off the dragon", hoping that the queued people would not stay long. As a result, there were still people who were dissatisfied with not being able to purchase a mask, trapping him and his staff in the office.

He said that over the past week and night, he has been looking for ways to buy masks online, and even tried to order from Morocco. However, there is a shortage of masks in various countries. The mask supplier refused to ship overseas. He eventually asked his friend to buy masks in Thailand at a price of 100 yuan per box, and then shipped them back to Hong Kong. After much hard work, he finally prepared 300 boxes of masks, trying to relieve the residents' anxiety, and even sold masks at a "cost-loss".

Regarding this incident, he reluctantly referred to "paid money to buy uncomfortable", and sighed that he would not sell masks in the future, so as not to cause unpleasant incidents. He added that he understood the anxiety of Hong Kong people about having no masks, but the culprit was the government, not the district councilor, who criticized the government for not providing sufficient masks for Hong Kong people.

Thousands of people lined up to buy masks. (Screenshot of online video)

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