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https://scmp.com/news/hong-kong/education-community/article/1993345/hong-kongs-lan-kwai-fong-operators-claim-cheap-7
Hong Kong/ Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong’s Lan Kwai Fong operators claim cheap 7-Eleven store alcohol is killing business

Bar operators complain that competition from cheap outlets is harming their earnings, but drinkers say Lan Kwai Fong is just too expensive

Drinks are not so expensive in this Lan Kwai Fong establishment. Photo: Edward Wong

It’s only 10pm on a Wednesday night and there are already people loitering outside 7-Eleven in Lan Kwai Fong, tossing their empty beer cans onto an ever growing pile of discarded leftovers.

Three German tourists, who did not want to be named, summed up the general thinking of everyone who has ever bought a drink at 7-Eleven: “It’s fast, there’s no service tax and most importantly it’s cheap.”