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Hong Kong tour guide stripped of licence over coercing visitors into shopping

Tourists visiting Golden Bauhinia Square in Wan Chai, Hong Kong. (Photo: South China Morning Post)

A Hong Kong tour guide accused of threatening visitors into making shopping purchases has been struck off for damaging the sector's reputation and breaching professional conduct, in the second disciplinary action of its kind in less than two months.

The Travel Industry Authority said on Friday it revoked Siu Man-chung's tour guide licence after investigating complaints that Siu made "inappropriate remarks" to pressure inbound mainland Chinese visitors into shopping during tours conducted between February and April this year.

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