'Mainland Shoppers Stripping Tuen Mun Bare'

About 10 people staged a protest in Tuen Mun on Sunday over what they said was an influx of mainlanders scooping up daily necessities and leaving residents going without.

The demonstrators said as a result, the prices of goods have been shooting up, as well as the rents shopkeepers have to pay for their stores.

The group held their demo at a bus stop where they said many mainland visitors first arrive after crossing into Hong Kong at the Shenzhen Bay immigration control point.

Protests over mainlanders snapping up various products, including milk powder and medicines, have started up again this year, after repeated rowdy demonstrations in 2016 over parallel trading.

Last Sunday, Democratic Party legislator Lam Cheuk-ting led a protest over the issue in Sheung Shui, calling on the government to restrict people in Shenzhen to visiting Hong Kong a maximum of eight times per year.

The demonstrators were accused of trying to stir up cross-border tensions by people who joined a counter-protest led by a pro-Beijing activist.