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◦ Anti-government campaigners want to reclaim holiday for shops that support movement
◦ Businesses to offer special discounts and incentives but experts say small numbers mean reta
ilers will still suffer
◦ An online campaign called “Hongkonger's 5.1 Golden Week” to be launched on Thursday is bri
nging a new twist to the traditional peak time, with at least 1,500 shops including restaura
nts, leather crafters, beauty and wedding businesses, slashing prices to drum up customers.
◦ Some companies have advertised that when customers raise five fingers on a hand, and one fin
ger on the other, symbolising the prominent protest slogan “five demands, not one less”, t
hey can enjoy special prices, such as a 10 per cent discount.
◦ “We plan to make ‘five one’ a taboo phrase [in mainland China] through linking ‘five dem
ands, not one less’ with ‘5.1 golden week’”, said the campaign spokesman.
◦ The event was part of an ongoing movement called the “yellow economic circle”, supporters
of which advocate spending money in stores that support the protests, and shunning those tha
t do not. Store that support the establishment and the police are deemed to be blue.
◦ https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3081973/hong-kong-protests-covid-19-sit
uation-comes-under-control