After driving slowly into a warehouse under a freeway in Tuen Mun, Chan unloads goods from his car. Two of his colleagues manoeuvre their vehicles to the side, before loading the items into their own cars according to their delivery destination.
In the process, a box of pastries falls to the ground. Chan – whose name has been changed to protect his identity – throws it in the trash, returns to the car seat and calls another colleague, asking them to tell the customer the baked goods are gone for the day.
In the mad rush to buy and deliver clients’ orders, there is no time to fuss over a box of pastries.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic closed the city’s borders in early 2020, mainland Chinese shoppers flocked to Hong Kong to buy products such as milk powder, cosmetics, medicated oil, and luxury items. https://hongkongfp.com/2024/08/11/driving-a-hard-bargain-inside-the-cut-throat-world-of-hong-kongs-cross-border-shopping-agents/