Shops ‘as busy as Lunar New Year’ with residents scrambling to stockpile food, sparking busy queues and empty shelves
Hong Kong residents flocked to wet markets and supermarkets, eager to stock up on food and supplies ahead of the rapidly approaching Super Typhoon Ragasa, with one shopper comparing the rush with that seen during Lunar New Year.
From baked goods and fresh vegetables to poultry and meat, many shoppers were storing food to meet their needs for the whole week after the Hong Kong Observatory warned the storm would severely affect the city in the next two days.
At one bakery, located in the basement food court of Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay, more than 100 shoppers were queuing at the cashiers.
In the densely populated district of Sai Wan Ho, some shoppers told the Post it was one of the busiest days they had ever seen.
