据香港有关媒体报道，由于经济不太景气，不少失业者自行创业开办书报社，加入到了卖报者的行列，使过去两年香港书报社数量增加了近一倍，竟争愈来愈烈。由最初的买报送胶袋、送纸巾，升级至近乎割喉的减价战。一些地区的报贩为抢客，在顾客购买报纸时，除每份报纸减价5角至1元外，还兼送纸巾。对此，香港报贩协会担心，无休止的减价战只会造成恶性循环，令报贩结业情况加剧。 According to Hong Kong media reports, because the economy is not very prosperous, many unemployed entrepreneurs opened their own newspapers and newspapers and joined the ranks of the newspaper reporters. As a result, the number of newspapers in Hong Kong nearly doubled in the past two years and the fierce competition has intensified . From the initial buy newspaper bags, paper towels, upgrade to almost cut throat warfare. In some areas, newspaper vendors are trying to grab customers. When customers buy newspapers, they pay a fee of 5 to 1 yuan for each newspaper, and they also donate paper towels. In this regard, the Hong Kong newspaper dealer association is worried that the endless price war will only create a vicious circle, which will aggravate the situation of newspaper dealers closing down.