Three robbers with knives snatched 50 packs of toilet paper from a supermarket delivery man on February 17.
The population's fear of the lack of daily necessities is extremely vocal. This reflects how people lost trust in the Hong Kong government for their failure in handling the coronavirus outbreak.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb17
#FailedState #ToiletRollPanic
The population's fear of the lack of daily necessities is extremely vocal. This reflects how people lost trust in the Hong Kong government for their failure in handling the coronavirus outbreak.
Source: Apple Daily #Feb17
#FailedState #ToiletRollPanic
'We all lose out if toilet roll panic continues'
//The chief executive of the Consumer Council, Gilly Wong, says rampant panic buying of toilet paper is already costing Hong Kong buyers – in the form of price rises and the loss of discounted deals.
//"At the major supermarket chains, the price hasn't gone up that much but, unfortunately, all the different offers that we used to enjoy in the past disappeared,"
//"So in the end it is the consumer that's suffered: in terms of the financial side, they have to pay more.
//"We would urge the public that, since we get almost 100 per cent confirmation that the plants operate and there's stock coming in... if we control a little bit on our purchases, probably the market will be back to normal very, very soon."
Full Article: RTHK
https://bit.ly/39FN8HI
#FailedState #Economy #ToiletRollPanic
//The chief executive of the Consumer Council, Gilly Wong, says rampant panic buying of toilet paper is already costing Hong Kong buyers – in the form of price rises and the loss of discounted deals.
//"At the major supermarket chains, the price hasn't gone up that much but, unfortunately, all the different offers that we used to enjoy in the past disappeared,"
//"So in the end it is the consumer that's suffered: in terms of the financial side, they have to pay more.
//"We would urge the public that, since we get almost 100 per cent confirmation that the plants operate and there's stock coming in... if we control a little bit on our purchases, probably the market will be back to normal very, very soon."
Full Article: RTHK
https://bit.ly/39FN8HI
#FailedState #Economy #ToiletRollPanic