Members of a group representing bar, karaoke and mahjong parlour owners take part in a symbolic four-day hunger strike outside the government's headquarters in Hong Kong on April 5, 2021, over anti-coronavirus measures which have kept their industries shuttered for most of the last year. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
HONG KONG (AFP): A group of bar, karaoke and mahjong parlour owners have gone on a symbolic hunger strike in Hong Kong over anti-coronavirus measures that have kept them shuttered for most of the last year.
The four-day protest started on the pavement outside the Hong Kong government's headquarters on Sunday -- the one-year anniversary of when authorities first ordered a round of closures to stem infections.
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