I want to open a store in Hong Kong.

Glupson - as long as you know a mask does not protect the wearer at all. It might help protect others from your coughs and sneezes. It is REALLY important that you understand the difference. 

Some people trust the bureau of propaganda and public enlightenment that has become the news media, and obviously some do not trust them at all now. History has proven that a propaganda trap is often found after it's too late, only after the entrapment is the reality revealed.

If nuclear bomb is code for every possible virus outbreak from Asia (a high percentage of the global population) - heck yeah, all the world is in and out of HK every day. It's not just the biggest Buddha statue in the world on Lantau Is. The airport is seriously no joke!

I loved both times I was in Hong Kong, and it was true what I had been told. Almost any direction you look there's someone walking towards you, and another walking away. Just so many in such a small area, even more crowded it seemed than New York and London (yes, I have been).

There are entire buildings full of stores, Hifi bulidings, laptop buildings, furniture and the list goes on. It kind of reminded me of the Mercedes Benz museum in Stuttgart, Germany. One takes the elevator to the top and work your way down, and as I'm a complete and utter geek, this was so much fun. Buyer beware, possibly the dodgiest place on Earth for cunning rip off mechants I have been. It's not like Africans selling designer hand bags in Paris, this is super clever, and slippery.

Property there is VERY very expensive, to purchase similar sized apartment to an average American home will cost a small fortune. Did I mention expensive property values? I seem to recall the most billionaires are in HK than any other city, now overtaken by NYC I think. From what I saw, that's no surprise. The wealthy Chinese do prefer quality from overseas.
Muscling in on a well established market, you do know it's not been under British management for quite some years, PRC rule now.

Take a long vacation there first, do your homework, it may be perfect for you. Be cautious, would be my suggestion.

Maybe the mask you wear does not protect you.

bluemoodriver25 posts11-22-2020 5:35pmGlupson - as long as you know a mask does not protect the wearer at all. It might help protect others from your coughs and sneezes. It is REALLY important that you understand the difference.

In areas where Malaria is common or travelling to areas with Malaris is, it is over the counter.  Just don't take the fish tank stuff ....

How does one acquire hydrochloroquine "just in case"? Isn't it prescription medication? Is it sold on street corners by shady people who supply shady buyers?

I would offer you a lesson in statistics, but statistically I think that is a low value proposition.

Fortunately I learned how to wear a respirator so I find my N95 shop respirators leave my nose and throat dust free.  If I am working with anything nastier, the N100 painting respirator comes out. It's essentially  a gas mask with particulate filter.

N95 by the way does not filter virus either. The situation really is like I said, trying to stop a mosquito with a chain link fence. That a mask works at all is based on the idea the virus is never just out there by itself, but is hitching a ride on a droplet. The problem with that being droplets go down to vapor, goes down to molecules.  

Anyone who has worked in a shop as I have, worn respirators as I have, will know perfectly well how your nose and throat gets plenty of dust. This is with filters many orders of magnitude better than the masks we are being forced to wear.