On social media, netizens have a tongue-in-cheek name for these promotion periods, calling them “beggar hour”. NEW TAIPEI CITY: Five times a week, Taiwanese Bill Lin stops by a convenience store on his way home from work in New Taipei City. The timing of his visits are planned so he can get his hands on near-expired food items going at a steep discount. They are sold at a steal during three promotional periods. Buying these discounted items allows Mr Lin, a high school substitute teacher, to