A man walks past a closed store on Hollywood Road in Hong Kong, on March 16, 2020.
Photographer: Paul Yeung/BloombergEconomics
How One Street Shows Hong Kong’s Deep-Seated Economic Pain
- Hollywood Road in Sheung Wan is peppered with empty shops
- Small businesses are closing their doors as pandemic spreads
A walk down Hollywood Road shows the devastation wrought by the one-two punch of coronavirus and last year’s anti-government protests.
Empty shops dot the once-bustling strip long popular with expats and tourists — steel grates drawn and “For Lease” signs plastering the shutters.