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  "id": 11145776,
  "title": "Hundreds of customers affected as Hong Kong yoga chain Hotstone abruptly closes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/hundreds-of-customers-affected-as-hong-kong-yoga-chain-hotstone-11145776",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-01T08:01:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
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    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3369446/hundreds-customers-affected-hong-kong-yoga-chain-hotstone-abruptly-closes"
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  "summary": "The abrupt closure of a Hong Kong yoga chain has dealt losses to hundreds of members, with some customers claiming the company lured them into buying discount packages as recently as the past few days. A resident who identified herself as Chan told the South China Morning Post on Thursday that she received the closure notice from Hotstone Yoga’s WhatsApp number just an hour before her scheduled…",
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