The nationwide testing is imminent, and the city has led to a frenzy of panic buying. Following the announcement by Parknshop and Watsons in Hong Kong yesterday (4th) that the purchase of some products and drugs will be restricted to 5 pieces. The department store AEON also said today (5th) that it will suspend the “Wednesday Special Day” until further notice. It is understood that Kowloon Bay AEON this Wednesday (2nd), there was a customer who robbed the staff of the goods, and some netizens criticized that it would cause panic and the danger of spreading the epidemic, urging the company to stop the “Wednesday Special Day”. In addition, in order to speed up logistics and transportation, Henderson announced today that it will use Yuen Long to build a temporary cargo terminal to facilitate the supply of cross-border materials.
Henderson Land announced today that it has lent two parcels of land adjacent to the Lok Ma Chau Port, at Kam Pok Road and San Tin Dun Yu Road in Yuen Long, covering an area of 400,000 sq. Set up centralized connection points for non-fresh food and other goods. Among them, the Kam Pok Road site has been completed and put into operation. Together with the first phase of the former Xintian Shopping City and Jiangxiawei transitional housing projects previously lent by the group, Henderson Land has lent 4 parcels of land during the fifth wave of the epidemic.
In addition, Henderson Land Development’s “Anti-epidemic Fund” announced that it will increase donations to support the city’s anti-epidemic. A total of regarding HK$20 million was donated before and following the purchase of anti-epidemic materials. The main beneficiaries include frontline medical staff, elderly homes and grassroots people, etc. .
At 9:00 this morning, the reporter visited the supermarkets in the Mong Kok district and found that many shelves were still emptied, but there was no scene of people rushing to grab the goods, sweeping the goods or queuing for payment. At ParknShop, which is located in the Mong Kok district, the shelves of canned food, pasta, boxed eggs and toilet paper have been posted with limited purchase notices, but they are still empty. The shelves of other vegetables, frozen meats and fruits also have only a small amount of products left. The group also issued a statement earlier to reiterate that the current supply of various goods is stable, but due to the severe epidemic, front-line, logistics and logistics personnel have contracted the epidemic, resulting in extremely tight manpower. and logistics speed.
In addition, the Market Place in Langham Place also posted a notice indicating that it is recommended to buy 3 pieces of canned food, boxed eggs, packaged vegetables, meat and seafood in the store and 10 pieces of pasta per person per day. In the face of the rush to buy, some members of the public also groaned to reporters, “I don’t know that Russia is attacking!” and hoped that “the purchase restriction order can calm Hong Kong people!”
The Government announced today that the supply of fresh and live food imported from the Mainland to Hong Kong is abundant, and there is no need for the public to purchase excessively. According to government information, regarding 2,400 metric tons of vegetables arrived in Hong Kong from the mainland yesterday. The average wholesale prices of cabbage and cabbage were HK$10.5 and HK$8.2 per kilo, respectively. The overall wholesale price of vegetables was similar to yesterday. For eggs, the average daily supply for the past week was 4 million. The volume of chilled pork imported from the Mainland to Hong Kong yesterday was regarding 89 tonnes, which remained higher than the usual level and was regarding 1.7 times the usual supply from the Mainland. For live pigs, the operator of Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse is actively preparing to resume slaughtering services as soon as possible, while Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse will continue to provide services according to its operational situation.
The volume of chilled poultry yesterday was regarding 160,000, regarding 90% of the normal mainland supply. About 9,000 live chickens were slaughtered locally yesterday, regarding 80% of the average daily supply last year.
In terms of rice, according to the government’s requirements, rice storage companies must keep enough stock for 15 days’ consumption by the public. The industry said that in addition to government regulations, they generally store twice as much stock, which is enough for Hong Kong citizens to eat for a month.
“Hong Kong Epidemic Panic” page:http://hk.on.cc/fea/hkdisease
