Me nā mea huakaʻi huakaʻi i huli aʻe mai Hong Kong i waena o nā kūʻē demokala lehulehu e hoʻomau nei, ua haʻi aku nā mea kūʻai aku ma Hong Kong a me ka poʻe e hana ana i ka ʻoihana hoʻokipa i ka nui o ka haunaele i kā lākou ola.

ʻO ke kau kau wela mai Iune a ʻAukake ka manawa kiʻekiʻe no ka mākaʻikaʻi Hong Kong. Eia naʻe, hoʻokahi Hong Kong mākaʻikaʻi alakaʻi 'ōleloʻo ia ua lilo ke kani o ke kauwela i kahi hoʻoilo no ka nui o nā kūʻē.

Wahi a ke alakaʻi, lawelawe mau ʻo ia i nā hui huakaʻi he 12 a 15 i ka mahina i kēia manawa o ka makahiki, a loaʻa iā ia he 30,000 Hong Kong kālā ($ 3,823US) i ka mahina i ke kau kiʻekiʻe. I kēia makahiki ua iho ka helu o nā hui huakaʻi mai ʻewalu i Iune a i ʻehā i Iulai. ʻAʻohe ona huakaʻi huakaʻi i ʻAukake a hiki i kēia manawa.

"He alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi wau no nā makahiki he XNUMX a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka ʻoihana," i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.

I kēia manawa ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo huakaʻi no Hong Kong ma mua o 20 mau ʻāina no kēia haunaele.

Hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Hong Kong i kēlā me kēia kau, a nui nā alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi i ka wā kau e kākoʻo i ko lākou mau ʻohana.

I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka wā kula hou, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Chow e lilo ana ke kālā no kāna ʻohana.

"Lana koʻu manaʻo e hiki ke hoʻihoʻi koke ʻia mai ke kuʻina kaiāulu e hiki i nā kamaʻāina o Hong Kong ke ola i ko lākou ola," wahi a Chow.

Ua hoʻololi ka heleleʻi nui o ka helu mākaʻikaʻi i nā ʻoihana he nui o Hong Kong, e like me ka ʻoihana taxi. Wahi a nā kāpena kūloko, ua emi iho ka 40 mau pakeneka o ka loaʻa kālā o kēlā me kēia lā o XNUMX%.

ʻO nā kūʻē he lōʻihi hebedoma kekahi i loaʻa ma ka ʻoihana kūʻai aku ma Hong Kong.

"Ma muli o ka liʻiliʻi o nā mākaʻikaʻi i hele mai i aneʻi, ua uhi ʻia ka mea kūʻai aku i ka lepo i kēia manawa," i ʻōlelo ʻia e kahi mea hale kūʻai cosmeceutical.

Aia ka hale kūʻai ma To Kwa Wan ma ke kahakai hikina o Kowloon Peninsula, kahi kū mua no nā hui huakaʻi he nui i Hong Kong. Eia naʻe, ua haʻalele nā poʻe kūʻē i kahi kai neoneo.

Wahi a ka mea mālama hale kūʻai, mai Iulai, ua iho nui ka nui o nā malihini kipa mai ka ʻāina nui, a ua emi iho kāna ʻoihana e 70 pākēneka.

"I kēia manawa, haunaele ʻo Hong Kong ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ke hele mai," kanikau ʻo ia.

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