Squid Game costumes all the rage for Hong Kong Halloween revellers in Lan Kwai Fong nightlife hub
- Thousands throng streets on night before Halloween, many dressed in elaborate costumes and drawing crowds of photo-takers
- Businesses revert to speciality attractions to pull in customers, rather than opting for discounts like last year, trade group says
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Halloween in Hong Kong: revellers descend on Lan Kwai Fong for frights and frolics
Thousands thronged the streets on the night before Halloween, many dressed in elaborate costumes and drawing crowds of photo-takers even as a heavy police presence kept the flow of people moving.
Police had warned revellers to observe social-distancing rules and not to break firearms laws by bringing along fake weapons, after noting many might wear costumes from Squid Game, in which masked guards in reddish-pink jumpsuits carry guns.
About 1,000 officers would be deployed around the area each night from Friday to Sunday.
Special constables – personnel recruited from the five other disciplined services to help police since the anti-government protests in 2019 – were also deployed.
