Carine ChowOver 3,000 beauty center staff united in a one-of-a-kind online protest to demand the government lift the ban on their operations. The beauty sector has been ordered to suspend operations three times since the initial coronavirus outbreak a year ago, with the closures covering 114 days up until yesterday. With the pandemic still raging, the staff resorted to protesting online, as an actual rally is impossible under the gathering ban. More than 3,000 people from 800 beauty centers joined the protest at its peak, with some beauty workers putting on full protective gear to express their discontent. Federation of Beauty Industry chairman Nelson Yip Sai-hung said the shutdown has put around 56,000 workers in the sector in dire straits.

Source: The Standard January 07, 2021 19:07 UTC