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‘Hong Kong won’t change for you’: the mindset driving ghastly service standards in the city

A refusal to put the customer first has outsized implications for Hong Kong’s businesses.

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The notoriety of Hong Kong’s service standards was a tolerable irritation when the economy was doing well, but times have changed, says the writer.

The notoriety of Hong Kong’s service standards was a tolerable irritation when the economy was doing well, but times have changed, says the writer.

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“Being in Hong Kong makes me an angry person.”

This was the title of a post by a Singaporean that sparked a lively debate on Reddit’s r/Hong Kong community recently.

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