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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-02-03 15:58
The last update date: 2021-02-03 15:58
Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the government has introduced a number of social restrictions, including banning dinning in the evening market and limiting the maximum number of guests that can accommodate diners, which has affected the business of the catering industry.
The Secretary for Food and Health, Chen Zhaoshi, said in a written reply to Legislative Council members’ questions today (3rd) that under the first round of the Anti-epidemic Fund, the food industry has received a government grant of 3.75 billion yuan; more than 29,000 applications are being submitted. , 28,551 cases were approved, with a success rate of over 98%.
Among them, general restaurants (11,715), food factories (8,750) and snack restaurants (4,035) are the most.
Under the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the government has introduced a number of social restrictions, including banning dinning in the evening market and limiting the maximum number of guests that can accommodate diners, which has affected the business of the catering industry.
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The first round of anti-epidemic fund food industry applications has a success rate of over 98%.
Chen Zhaoshi said that the first round of food industry-specific funding programs under the anti-epidemic fund has been completed. The government has received more than 29,000 applications as a whole, with an average application time. Within 15 working days, 508 applications were rejected and 28,551 premises were approved, with a success rate of over 98%.
Among them, general restaurants (11,715), food factories (8,750) and snack restaurants (4,035) are the most.
Licensees of relevant food premises may receive a one-off subsidy of 80,000 or 200,000 yuan.
Among them, ordinary restaurants (192) and food factories (172) were rejected the most. The government explained that the main reasons for rejection include not holding a valid food business license, the validity period of the provisional license has expired but no formal license has been issued, and Or the relevant licensed food premises are not in operation, etc.
Dining in restaurants is prohibited after 6pm.
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As for the overall approved wage subsidy amount and the number of employer organizations, are there any employers who have to fine or return the amount for failing to fulfill their promise of not layoffs during the subsidy period?
Chen Zhaoshi replied that the Secretariat of Employment Protection did not classify statistics by employers in individual industries, and there was no relevant data to provide.
However, the list of employers receiving wage subsidies, the amount of wage subsidies and the number of employees promised have been uploaded to the "Protected Employment" program website for public monitoring.
Under the second round of the Epidemic Prevention and Anti-epidemic Fund, the government provides a one-time subsidy to restaurants and factory canteens based on the total approved area of its licensed premises.
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The successful application rate of the second round of the epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund factory canteen was 84%
Under the second round of the Anti-epidemic Fund, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department launched the Food and Beverage Premises (Social Distance) Subsidy Scheme and the Optimization of the Food and Beverage Premises (Social Distance) Subsidy Scheme in May and August last year. And licensees of factory canteens provide a one-time subsidy based on the total approved area of their licensed premises.
The former received 9,163 applications and the latter received 234 applications, with a success rate of approximately 99% and approximately 84% respectively.
The government reiterated that the relevant food business license (formal or provisional license) of the approved person must remain valid for the entire period of the subsidy.
As of January 20 this year, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department has discovered a case where the provisional license expired during the subsidy period but the formal license was not obtained and it is following up.
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