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Ann Hui uses the market as a location in the film a few times. For example, when Leung first appears, she buys a small portion of beef from a meat stall, reflecting a traditional way of local products trade. The film juxtaposes market and the supermarket, the work place of Leung and Kwai. Supermarket is the space of international trade: in the first Kwai's work scene she is sorting the durian, which comes in boxes with the label: “Durian. Product of Thailand.” The box is central in the frame, reminding the audience that supermarket focuses on international product sales, which demonstrates how supermarket is a global space. Therefore, the contrast between the market and the supermarket underlines the 'glocal' nature of the film and, therefore, 'glocal'-ness of Hong Kong