Gathering restrictions are relaxed

Political situation

Written by: Zhou Lixi

2020-11-01 18:38

Last update date: 2020-11-01 18:38

The government announced last week that it would further relax the gathering restrictions. The opening hours of restaurants and bars will be extended to 2 midnight. Some of the epidemic prevention measures for the catering industry remain unchanged. Lan Kwai Fong in Central was quite lively last night.

Lin Ruihua, the convenor of the Hong Kong Small and Medium Enterprise Restaurant Alliance, pointed out that business has recovered significantly in the past weekend, and after the occupancy rate has increased to 75%, many restaurants have recovered 80 to 90% of their business volume.

Leung Li-jen, the founding chairman of the Federation of Licensed Bars and Clubs in Hong Kong, pointed out that there are no specific figures for bars. Although the business has improved on Friday, it is estimated that the overall business is about 40 to 50% of normal.

The Chairman of the Quality Tourism Service Association Huang Jielong pointed out that the government should not stop the catering industry to "repress people not to go out", and emphasized that the catering industry is also a part of society. If it proposes to introduce a "Taiwan Commissioner", it should lure restaurants, not punishment.

Liang Liren also mentioned that when the University of Hong Kong expert Yuan Guoyong offered to drink straws to their industry, everyone laughed. But when Yuan later offered to use open business hours to lure the industry, he received applause from the audience.

Liu Weiheng, the director of the coffee shop who attended the Hong Kong and Taiwan TV program "City Forum", said that after his shop strengthened its own disinfection work, no one was infected even if a confirmed case had been patronized, and no one was infected after it was tested at his own expense. There was no chain of transmission in the shop. The industry’s self-imposed anti-epidemic measures have practical effects. He hopes that the government will not regulate the industry with penalties.

He also pointed out that his shop has consciously separated the dinning and stage commissioners. He believes that it is not completely infeasible. He believes that some implementation details should be studied, such as the chance of the bottle with water touching the customer's cup, and how often the tablecloth should be replaced.

Huang Jielong pointed out that he understands that small-scale shopkeepers can’t separate the delivery of meals and the hands of the desk. Under these circumstances, employees can use alcohol handrub for disinfection. He emphasized that the most important thing is that they have hygiene awareness. Fewer restaurants in society are using it, but they think that after their own restaurants are opened, business has indeed improved.

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Leung Li-jen pointed out that there are 1,400 bars in Hong Kong. I believe that last night or many people wanted to go out and feel the atmosphere. The industry communicated a lot with the authorities.

He also pointed out that he understands the difficulty of the police in law enforcement, but he himself was at Knutsford Terrace last night and noticed that there were lights in the bar to ask the guests to leave when the sugar industry ended, and he thought that order was good.

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