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Hong Kong, Dec 6 (EFE).- As a highly materialistic society with a taste for mindless consumerism, Hong Kong has recently found itself swept by a unique wave of conscious consumption, whereby citizens who support the pro-democracy movement make an effort to patronize businesses siding with the anti-government protesters and ditch those who are against it.As the months-long movement continues to rage on, activists and their supporters are looking at building up a “yellow economic circle” – yellow as in “yellow ribbon,” the symbol for being pro-democracy and pro-protesters, as opposed to “blue ribbon," which represents the pro-government and pro-police lot.The idea is that businesses supportive of pro-democracy protests, which began in early June because of a controversial government bill on extradition from Hong Kong to mainland China, deserve like-minded consumers’ support; when more customers patronize them, they will become stronger and the yellow economic circle will get bigger in Hong Kong, whose economy has for the past two decades been driven largely by businesses that are pro-China.This week, the advertising sector staged a five-day strike and launched plans to help small-sized pro-protest businesses to promote themselves. And as Hongkongers have a penchant for dining out, the restaurant sector has become the main realm where this politically-driven consumption behavior manifests itself. Several mobile apps have been created to guide diners where to eat. (Camera: SHIRLEY LAU).FOOTAGE SHOWING AN INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN CHAN, OWNER OF AROUND WELLINGTON RESTAURANT, IN WELLINGTON, CENTRAL DISTRICT, HONG KONG.SOUNDBITES: JONATHAN CHAN, OWNER OF AROUND WELLINGTON RESTAURANT (IN CANTONESE).TRANSLATIONS: 1.) As a restaurant owner, I surely think this [the yellow economic circle] is efficient. We opened about six months ago. Normally a normal business wouldn’t have been able to grow so fast. But we can now break even and pay all expenses, which is much faster than we expected. I think the yellow economy circle movement is helping us.2.)Because we support the movement, people who didn’t know us want to check out what we serve and try out. That has sped up our growth. Having benefited [from the movement], we try to use our resources to help others so that this yellow economic circle can keep growing. People spend money here and we make more money, so we use our resources to help those in need. This way the circle can sustain.
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Lisbon (Portugal), Sep 14 (EFE).- (Camera: Paula Fernández) More than 1.2 million students between the ages of six and eighteen return to class this week in Portugal, where the course presents a year more loaded with measures to face the coronavirus but with the hope that it will be easier than the previous ones.FOOTAGE OF A SCHOOL IN LISBON.SOUNDBITES OF RAQUEL, MOTHER OF A 9-YEAR-OLD BOY; SOFIA, MOTHER OF A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL; JOAN, FATHER OF CHILDREN 6 AND 9 YEARS OLD.Translation:- Raquel, mother of a 9-year-old boy:"Sure. If there is no confinement I think it will be a normal year. You will only have to wear a mask, but I think there will be no interference due to the coronavirus, I think it will be easier than last year."On the mask: "It's good, it doesn't matter. It's a simple thing and you will avoid a lot of problems if everyone uses it."- Sofia, mother of a 6-year-old girl:"I think it will be a little easier but it will not be everything as before yet. There are many things that can happen, some variant that comes ... You never know."Mask: "Here in Portugal it is only compulsory from the age of 10. My daughter is 6 and still wears a mask because last year she was in the United States, the students always wore a mask during the school year and there was no interruption or no case in her class. And she managed to do the entire school year. Therefore I think that it should not only be highly recommended, as the DGS says but also mandatory for all children from 6 years of age "."He always wore it last year and he did not complain, all the students took it, it is just a matter of habit and that the parents do not say" poor children ". They get used to it."
Bangalore, Sep 6 (EFE/EPA).- Students in Bangalore, southern India, attended the first day of school on Monday following the ease of Covid-19 restrictions.Karnataka State chief minister Basavaraj Bommai with senior cabinet colleagues and members of the Covid-19 Technical Advisory Committee agreed schools to reopen classes from class 6th and above grades, with 50 percent of the class attendance. India recorded 38,948 new Covid-19 cases and 219 deaths in the 24 hours. (Camera: JAGADEESH NV). SHOT LIST: STUDENTS ATTEND THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOLLOWING THE EASE OF COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS, AT GOVERNMENT MODEL PRIMARY SCHOOL IN BANGALORE, INDIA.
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