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Hong Kong to step up crackdown on coerced shopping, scams during Labour Day โ€˜golden weekโ€™

Hong Kong will step up law enforcement against coerced shopping, unlicensed tour guides and unfair sales practices targeting visitors during mainland Chinaโ€™s Labour Day โ€œgolden weekโ€, the cityโ€™s tourism minister has said. Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism Rosanna Law Shuk-pui said on Saturday that hotel occupancy rates in Hong Kong were expected to exceed 90 per cent during the period, with the government estimating 980,000 mainland visitors, up 7 per cent from the same holiday last...