As One Moves to Tai Nan Street Shop; Founder Kong Wai Chu: “We’ll Keep Going for as Long as We Can”
如一遷大南街地舖 創辦人朱江瑋：做得幾耐得幾耐
Former district councillor Kong Wai Chu founded the online shopping platform “As One”. In its four years of operation, it has moved premises several times. Its current Mong Kok shop is in Ho Wang Kok Building, but the landlord notified it in mid-June that the lease would not be renewed. The entire floor at the original site was rented to a tutorial centre, and the shop had to vacate by 31 August. “As One” decided to leave a shopping centre for the first time and open a ground-floor shop on Tai Nan Street in Prince Edward. It began a trial opening yesterday, 3 September. The “As One” shop had attracted attention from various departments on several occasions. Kong Wai Chu said it had sought to rent another unit in Ho Wang Kok Building from the original landlord, but was unsuccessful, quoting the landlord as saying they were “afraid the police would come to the door”. The new “As One” shop was ultimately located on Tai Nan Street, at a cost of about $200,000. Kong Wai Chu said: “We’ll do what we feel is right and keep going for as long as we can.”
前區議員朱江瑋創辦網購平台「如一」，開業四年曾多次「搬舖」，目前旺角店位於旺角好望角大廈，惟6月中旬獲業主通知不獲續租，原址全層租出作補習社，需於8月31日出遷出。「如一」決定首次離開商場，在太子大南街設地舖，昨日起（9月3日）試業。 「如一」門市曾多次獲不同部門關注，朱江瑋表示，曾向原業主爭取租用好望角其他單位，惟並不成功，引述稱業主「驚警察上門」。最終「如一」新店選址大南街，新舖位花費約20萬，「做啲自己覺得啱嘅嘢，做得幾耐得幾耐」。