Local restaurants with a long history, Lin Heung Tea House, Tai Wing Wah Village Cuisine, Mido Cafe, Jumbo Seafood Restaurant, as well as snack shop Aji Ichiban, children’s clothing store chain Chickeeduck, and so on, have all said goodbye to Hong Kong people within a short time since the fifth wave of the pandemic. Among them are new and old stores that had long been integrated firmly into the life of their respective neighbourhoods, while some are less familiar to Hong Kong people.
Their demise appears to be for varying reasons. Some people feel that it is a pity to see them go, and many people feel that their disappearance reflects just the harsh reality of the changes engulfing the new Hong Kong….