- Title: Yellow vs blue: Hong Kong's restaurants take stance for or against protesters
- Date: 26th October 2019
- Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) CUSTOMER OF LANG MUN CAFE RESTAURANT, SOPHIA, 19, SAYING: "I come here because it is a yellow-ribbon store. I want to develop a yellow-ribbon economic circle, helping yellow-ribbon people. And the store was unreasonably vandalised by the blue-ribbon people, I think it's really bad so I want to support the store economically." HANDS HOLDING TAKEOUT TICKETS VARIOUS OF PEOPLE QUEUING ONTO STREET EXTERIOR OF SEAFOOD FRESH MARKET IN LEI YUE MUN DISTRICT SIGN READING (English and Chinese): "HOI PANG SEAFOOD" PEOPLE WALKING INTO NGAN LOONG CAFE SIGN READING (Chinese): "NGAN LOONG CAFE" PEOPLE SITTING INSIDE NGAN LOONG CAFE NGAN LOONG CAFE OWNER, KATE LEE (FAR LEFT) TAKING PICTURE WITH CUSTOMERS STICKER ON WALL SUPPORTING HONG KONG POLICE FORCE LEE GREETING CUSTOMER SIGN ON LEE'S T-SHIRT READING (Chinese) "I LOVE HONG KONG POLICE" (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) OWNER OF NGAN LOONG CAFE, KATE LEE, SAYING: "It affects me directly. When they clearly differentiate the stores between yellow and blue, I think the yellow ribbon people won't like me. The blue-ribbon people would rush to support me. There are good impacts and also bad ones. It affects the mood of Hong Kong people. And actually, the situation outside is very tense during the weekends, the people don't dare to go out and eat in the shops, it's affecting the business. But a group of people who support me would rush to the store. So I would say there are good and also bad impacts." PEOPLE SITTING IN RESTAURANT SIGN READING (Chinese): "POLICE, STRIVE ON!" CUSTOMERS SITTING IN RESTAURANT (SOUNDBITE) (Cantonese) CUSTOMER OF NGAN LOONG CAFE, 55-YEAR OLD BETTY CHAN AND 53-YEAR OLD KITTY CHIU, SAYING: CHAN: "We should be considerate of others. Even if I don't like...we would also boycott the yellow ribbon stores but we won't vandalise them. " CHIU: "Yes, they shouldn't vandalise extensively. Whenever they heard something they doesn't agree with, they...they even avenge people. I think it's not okay." LEE STANDING AND SMILING IN HER RESTAURANT SIGN ON LEE'S T-SHIRT READING (Chinese) "I LOVE HONG KONG POLICE" LEE STANDING WITH HER COLLEAGUES AND CUSTOMER FOR PHOTO
- Embargoed: 9th November 2019 07:28
- Keywords: Hong Kong China yellow blue restaurants protesters pro-democracy
- Location: HONG KONG, CHINA/ INTERNET
- City: HONG KONG, CHINA/ INTERNET
- Country: Hong Kong
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA003B2QF1ON
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Hong Kong people joined in a long queue outside a local breakfast cafe on Saturday (October 26) morning outside Lang Mun cafe, labeled by protesters as "yellow ribbon" as they support the anti-government protesters.
These restaurants show their allegiance by various posters supporting the pro-democracy cause and denouncing the police.
Some customers lining up outside the restaurant say they are here to support the cafe because the cafe was recently vandalized by pro-Beijing group, called "blue-ribbon". The restaurant staff declined to speak to Reuters.
Sophia, a 19-year old resident, said she wants to help restaurants that support the protests keep their business, which has been hit by the weekend violence.
Inside a seafood market, Ngan Loong cafe, which supports the police and the government, is also bustling with a crowd that shares their political sentiments. The owner shows her support for the authorities by wearing a blue pro-police t-shirt.
Businesses veering blue or yellow are marked out on a map, making it easier for people to dine in places according to who they support.
Hong Kong is now in its fifth month of protests, which have plunged it into its biggest political crisis in decades and taken a heavy toll on the economy.
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