7-eleven first opened in hong kong in 1981. it has operated in hong kong since 1989 under the ownership of dairy farm. with most locations being in areas with many people, about 40 percent are franchised stores. in september 2004, dairy farm acquired daily stop, a convenience-store chain located mainly in the territory's mtr stations, and then changed them to 7-eleven stores. , hong kong has 950 7-eleven stores and has the second-highest density of 7-eleven stores after macau, with one outlet per .