The local epidemic slowed down during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, and a large number of citizens went out to celebrate the festival.
Huang Jiahe, president of the Hong Kong Federation of Catering Industry Association, said on a radio program this morning (22nd) that the restaurant business has improved significantly. The industry’s turnover during the Mid-Autumn Festival is expected to reach 360 million yuan. For the first 90%, business is quite satisfactory. He also pointed out that category C and D restaurants have benefited from relatively loose restrictions on gatherings, and their business has increased significantly.
He predicts that, driven by consumer vouchers, there will continue to be good signs, and the market will continue to be prosperous until the peak season of Christmas and New Year's Eve. In addition, the vaccination rate of catering industry employees continues to rise, and more restaurants will be upgraded to C and D categories. , Suggesting that the government abolish the business hours restrictions for category C restaurants and the upper limit for the number of people for category D, describing that after the epidemic has eased the vaccination rate has increased: "There are good conditions to relax the restrictions on gatherings."
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The Mid-Autumn Festival business growth of C and D restaurants is significantly larger
Huang Jiahe said on the commercial channel program in the morning that the catering industry is gradually recovering, and the business has clearly risen further during the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is estimated that the total business volume of the industry will reach 360 million, which is only 10% behind the 400 million in 2018, describing the business as quite satisfactory.
He continued that of the approximately 16,000 restaurants in Hong Kong, more than 3,500 have been upgraded to C and D categories, and the business of related restaurants has increased significantly.
The vaccination rate among catering employees is expected to reach 85% next month
He also mentioned that among the 200,000 catering employees, about 75% have been vaccinated and expect to increase to 85% next month. He emphasized that October to December are peak seasons: "If restaurants can be upgraded but not I will miss the opportunity to do more business, so I will be attracted to do C and D, and get vaccinated at the same time."
The hourly salary of temporary workers increased by 30% after the injection. Huang Jiahe: If you want more income, you must get vaccinated
In addition, all temporary workers in restaurants are required to be vaccinated. After the injection, the salary will increase from 60 yuan per hour to 70 to 80 yuan. It is expected that as Christmas is approaching, restaurants will need to hire more temporary workers: "Do you want to hire more temporary workers? As work and income increase, vaccinations are necessary.” He also pointed out that many employees of Category B restaurants have already received injections, but not all of them have been vaccinated, so they cannot advance to Category C. He believes that with the epidemic Control, more and more citizens are given injections, and there will be greater incentives to upgrade restaurants.
The second issue of consumer coupons with leverage effect can extend the atmosphere to Christmas
Huang Jiahe also said that he is optimistic about the market. The distribution of the first tranche of consumer vouchers last month will drive consumption across Hong Kong, which is a "leverage effect." Restaurants and merchants will launch more discounts before Christmas: "There will continue to be good signs."
Huang Jiahe, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Catering Industry Association, said that he is optimistic about the market. After the first issue of consumer coupons was distributed last month, it will drive consumption across Hong Kong. This is described as a "leverage effect." .
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He hopes that the government can relax restrictions on gatherings to facilitate business operations, including increasing the maximum number of Category C restaurants to 8 people per table, and abolishing the ban on opening after 12 midnight: "There are restaurants that specialize in banquets or banquets. A restaurant, but it is a business for the evening market. If there are customers at 9 or 10 in the evening, they will usually stay for a longer time, at 12:30 and 1:00, but (and at home) can’t have a good meal. "
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Huang Jiahe: There are good conditions to further relax restrictions on gatherings
As for Category D restaurants, he said that the current limit for banquets is 180 people, that is, there are only 15 tables. It cannot be used for a large banquet of 20 or even 40 or 50. Restaurants will be more helpful, thinking that category D restaurants no longer need to set a cap on the number of people.
When asked whether the relaxation of the gathering restriction will become a crisis of epidemic prevention, Huang Jiahe believes that as long as category D premises maintain the requirement of 3 points and 2 persons present to be vaccinated, the epidemic can be effectively prevented. At present, 65% of the eligible population has been vaccinated. It is believed that the 70% mark will be exceeded by the end of this month, and it will rise to more than 80% before Christmas or New Year: "In fact, there are conditions to further relax the gathering restrictions."
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