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Final Chapter for Another Hong Kong Bookstore

Financial difficulties shutter popular Central secondhand bookseller

Oct 02, 2017
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By: Martin Choi
Surdham Lam sits inside Flowbooks, scheduled to close down October 2

Flowbooks, one of the last independent bookstores in Hong Kong, will shut its doors on October 2 due to financial difficulties.

The 20-year-old bookstore in Central, which sells mostly secondhand volumes, was padlocked in May when it was unable to pay the long-overdue rent…

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