The "Black Market" in Hong Kong

[Randy W]

Just an interesting article about the "black market" - and Jenny's Bakery - in Hong Kong. From the SCMP

 

Dough or die: Jenny Bakery fuels Hong Kong's cookie black market

 

 

Today, resellers of Jenny's cookies, in what has been termed - tongue slightly in cheek - "the cookie black market", claim they are doing nothing wrong, and are just an example of Hong Kong's entrepreneurial spirit.

 

But their actions belie their words: they wear face-concealing masks, flee the camera and, for the most part, refuse to comment on the record. While reporting in front of Chungking Mansions, the Post film crew, holding cameras and recording equipment, was offered counterfeit watches, faux designer handbags and drugs such as hashish.

 

But the cookie hawkers - mostly older women and university students - gave our cameras a wide berth, often running from our reporters.