'Hong Kong Corporate Watch' page draws mixed reactions on social

A newly launched Facebook page namely "Hong Kong Corporate Watch"(香港企業監察), which aims to monitor large enterprises behaviours in Hong Kong, has drawn mixed reactions online. 

Created on 25 June, the page has garnered over 2.8K likes and over 3.2K followers. According to the introduction of the page, it aims to monitor every move of large entities in Hong Kong comprehensively and point out unfair and improper behaviours among them. “We eliminate the stereotyped mindset among HongKongers, eradicate stereotyped interests for the motherland and expose injustice,” it added. 

A check by MARKETING-INTERACTIVE saw that netizens questioned the background of the Facebook page, whereas some commented that the page took IKEA's post personally, some said the post may further helps promote IKEA's products.

This came after IKEA Taiwan earlier launched a promotional post captioned with "Arrest eight people" (逮八人), which is a homonym for "Taiwanese" (台北人) in Taiwanese Hokkien. The pictures showed that a police toy figure arrested eight citizen toy figures. In the meantime, Hong Kong’s National Security Department ordered the arrest of eight people who were overseas. Hong Kong Corporate Watch published a post, accusing IKEA Taiwan of making fun of Hong Kong police's work to protect national security. IKEA Taiwan removed the relevant posts shortly.

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