Hong Kong curbs on milk formula spark debate on social media
“Hong Kong is always championing its free market laurels. Do they think about all the fresh water, vegetables and grain [the mainland] supplies to them?” a microblogger wrote referring to the new regulation.
New measures to limit the amount of milk formula transported from Hong Kong into the mainland have sparked fervent but divided opinion across social media.
The new regulation, which went into effect on Friday, bars travellers from taking more than 1.8kg, or two cans, of milk powder out of Hong Kong.
Many mainland netizens criticised the Hong Kong government for being protectionist and even for “biting the hand that feeds them”.
“Hong Kong is always championing its free market laurels. Do they think about all the fresh water, vegetables and grain [the mainland] supplies to them?” one wrote on microblogging site Sina Weibo.
“They repeatedly talk about human rights…but this is how they treat their compatriots?”
“I think the Hong Kong government went too far on this milk powder issue. They only care about the children of Hong Kong and none of the children from the mainland,” said one user on Sina Weibo.
