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Written by: Huang Weilun
2020-02-21 10:05
Last updated: 2020-02-21 10:05The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan has continued, and the catering industry has been severely hit. Huang Jiahe, the chairman of the Hong Kong Catering Association, said this morning (21st) that the business in the evening market has been reduced by 90%. And nothing less. " He also estimated that if the government releases unemployment data again, he believes that the unemployment rate in the catering industry can exceed 6.5%.
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Huang Jiahe said this morning on the Metro Radio program "King Shuhui King King Pour" that he had learned about investigating the industry's business situation. Some popular dinner locations are now in Yemen, but the business has been reduced by 90%, compared with the situation in SARS. , The blow is "overwhelming." He went on to say that there should be a lot of spring dinners and other dinners, but it is estimated that more than 95% of them have been cancelled. Therefore, many restaurants have been suspended for business and employees have to suspend their pay to stay. However, he also added that takeaway business has increased.
The government recently announced that the unemployment rate reached 3.4%. Huang Jiahe said that the data did not carefully divide the catering industry, but the industry ’s unemployment rate rose to 6.2% at the end of last year. It is estimated that the next time the government announces the catering industry unemployment rate, it may rise more than 6.5 %.
Huang Jiahe said that the impact of the current epidemic is "not worse than SARS". (Profile picture)
In addition, the government announced earlier that it would grant 200,000 yuan and 80,000 yuan in subsidies to large restaurants and snack stalls, respectively. Huang Jiahe said that large restaurants refer to restaurants that can cook on open flames and provide rice products. They must be large groups, including small stores that can only accommodate 20 people. I believe that 200,000 will help them. As for snack stalls, 80,000 yuan can also be used as emergency money due to the small size of the shops and the small number of employees. However, he emphasized that the amount of funding from the two is only enough to serve as a one-month working capital, but the epidemic is believed to continue, and he hopes that landlords can significantly reduce rents.
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