Keeta riders stage third strike in Hong Kong over fairer pay, work conditions

Dozens of riders from major Hong Kong food delivery platform Keeta have staged a protest across parts of Central’s bustling streets, demanding better and fairer pay.

Thursday’s protest is the third by Keeta riders in May, after smaller-scale strikes took place in Tsuen Wan and Mei Foo earlier this month.

“The lowest pay for a single order could be HK$5 [60 US cents], even if we are on bikes,” 24-year-old Pakistani courier, Raja Kashif Ali Khan, told the Post.

“What happens to us is on us,” Kashif said as he complained about the lack of rider support from Keeta if they get into accidents.

A group of seven to eight drivers gathered under the footbridge at Gage Street around noon. Another group of four to five drivers with protest placards placed on their windscreens drove in the area around Lyndhurst Terrace around the same time.

During lunch time, around two dozen Keeta riders drove in unison past Lyndhust Terrace a few times.

“We are striking and nobody is delivering here in Central today,” one of the drivers said as he asked other Keeta couriers to join the strike.