(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The Hong Kong Independent Bookstore, which was founded for six years, was officially closed on Sunday (March 31), and hundreds of people went to the present.It is reported that the bookstore has been complained by anonymous before, so he received a warning letter from multiple departments of the SAR Government.
Comprehensive Ming Pao and online media "Hong Kong 01" reported that Jianshan Bookstore, which is located on the Mid -Mountains of Hong Kong Island, closed on Sunday, and nearly 200 people arrived on the scene on the afternoon.In addition to taking pictures, many people also seize the last chance to buy books.
The man named Liu, who has been relocated to Taiwan and returned to Hong Kong to send other surnames, said that large bookstores mainly sell mainstream books, but the books sold by independent bookstores are all local or niche works.He said with emotion: "It is difficult to find a niche book in Hong Kong ... Hong Kong citizens will support independent bookstores, otherwise everyone will not have books in the future."
Seeing the owner of the Shanbian shop, Chen Yaoyao, said in an interview that he was not particularly reluctant to graduate from the bookstore. As for the reason for deciding, he was unwilling to talk about it.
See Shan Bookstore, which opened in 2018, mainly sells books such as literature, art, current affairs, history, and philosophy, and from time to time, cultural activities such as reading clubs are held.
Seeing that when he announced his graduation in December last year, he said that the bookstore was repeatedly complained by anonymous, and he received a warning letter from various government departments every week.According to reports, the bookstore received a notice from the Hong Kong Land Administration Agency in September last year, stating that it illegally occupied the landless land.
Cai Ziqiang, a senior lecturer of the Department of Political and Administrative Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong: "The official often said that Hong Kong will return to normal ... (but) These things will bother our lives." He also said: "If the government wants toMore people stay in Hong Kong, they must consider whether there are still places in this city that can stay. "
Agence France -Presse reported that since the implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law in 2020, the Hong Kong cultural industry has been hit by the review system. Some local independent bookstores have claimed that their operating environment pressure is getting greater.
