Commerce Can Never Die

A recent visitor to Hong Kong wrote this letter to the editor, which cracks me up:

Having just spent three days in your wonderful city I felt I must write to advise that the trip was spoiled by the persistent hawking of goods by Indian and Pakistani men. On each trip along Canton and Nathan roads and all streets in between we were constantly bothered by these men.

It really is a shame that our opinion of your city was tainted by such behaviour.

I felt discriminated against as they only targeted westerners. Also how rude of them to suggest westerners only come to Hong Kong for cheap copied goods and inexpensive tailoring.

Surely the authorities should do something about this, I suspect unlawful, method of trying to sell goods.

Anne Thomasson, Bitteswell, Leicestershire, England

And in London they have taxi touts and ticket scalpers. No city is immune, but if she thinks it's bad as a tourist, she should try living here.

It never gets any better.

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