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Why SD cards and hard drives are the new ‘digital gold’ in Hong Kong

South China Morning Post · · 213 words · By Oscar Liu

The article reports on the significant price increases of professional storage devices in Hong Kong, citing a photographer's experience and a price comparison site's data. Experts warn these high prices are expected to persist until the end of the year due to persistent supply shortages.

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“Hongkongers find prices of professional-grade storage devices are going through the roof”
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Multiple web search results independently confirm significant price increases for professional-grade storage devices in Hong Kong, including doubling of prices and market-wide surges in SSDs and Flash chips.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Administrative Officer (AO) grade (Chinese: 政務主任) is a high-ranking civil service grade in the Government of Hong Kong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_Officer_(Hong_K…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Education in Hong Kong used to be largely modelled on that of the United Kingdom, particularly the English system. Since 2012, the overhaul of secondary school diploma has introduced changes to the nu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Hong_Kong
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China. Situated on China's southern coast just south of Shenzhen, it consists of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories. With 7.5 million re…
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“professional, high-capacity SD memory cards cost up to HK$3,000 (US$383) each, three times more than expected”
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No evidence in web search results or Wikipedia entries directly supports the specific HK$3,000 price or three-times-expected-cost claim. All cited sources are unrelated to storage device pricing.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the second-most populous country after India, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, representing 17% of the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In medicine, triage (, ; French: [tʁiaʒ]) is a process by which care providers such as medical professionals and those with first aid knowledge determine the order of priority for providing treatment …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of London Worldwide (previously called the University of London International Academy) is the central academic body that manages external study programmes within the federal University …
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“the price of the hard disks... skyrocketed from HK$1,880 to HK$3,880 for a model with a capacity of 16 terabytes (TB)”
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One web search result explicitly states the 16TB hard disk price increase from HK$1,880 to HK$3,880, but no other independent sources corroborate this specific figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 28, 2026 ·But the real shocker for the 42-year-old was that thepriceof theharddiskshe had been purchasing for years to back up his clients’ images also skyrocketedfrom HK$1,880to HK$3,880for a ...
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 20, 2026 ·HongKongCustoms mounted a special enforcement operation yesterday (March 19) in Tuen Mun to combat the sale of counterfeit computer storage devices by a computer storage device distribut…
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202603/20/P2026032000677…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 4, 2026 ·A practical, up-to-date guide tohard diskpricesin HongKong—comparing portable, internal, and enterprise HDDs across retailers like Fortress, Jumbo, andPrice.com.hk. Know what to pay, when…
https://electronics.alibaba.com/buyingguides/hard-disk-price…
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“Basic storage devices for general consumers have essentially become 'digital gold'”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries to support the claim about basic storage devices being called 'digital gold'.
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“the costs have already doubled”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries to support the claim about storage costs doubling.
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“the cost of professional storage devices in Hong Kong has surged dramatically over the past four months”
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No evidence found in web search results or Wikipedia entries to support the claim about a four-month surge in professional storage device costs.
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