At the end of last year, the government announced that it would end the four-year food truck pilot program on June 1 this year, citing the "unsatisfactory" development of the food truck business.
Legislator Tse Wai-chun criticized the food truck project as a "sudden death" and lack of "hospice services" to support investors.
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Yau Teng-wah, in a written response to Tse Wai-chun's question today (19th), pointed out that the government has provided various support and cooperation, but food trucks have to attract customers with their own conditions, but the development so far is still not satisfactory. He also pointed out that the operator Whether or not to "upper berth" is a commercial decision, and there is no mention of whether it will provide assistance. It is even more blunt that the food truck is not affected by the current epidemic prevention measures, and the fifth round of anti-epidemic funds will not cover it.
Yau Tenghua pointed out in response to a member's question on the facebook that the business development of food trucks was not satisfactory. It only performed well in the first year, and then continued to decline. Among the 15 food trucks, 3 have withdrawn from the plan, and the remaining 12 have also Only half of them are operating more frequently, and only 3 of the 12 operating sites have food trucks operating more often. They bluntly stated that their development failed to achieve the policy goals, because it was decided to end the pilot program.
He also emphasized that the government has provided various forms of support for its operation in the past five years, and has adjusted and extended it many times. He also pointed out that food trucks depend on their own conditions to attract customers, but the Tourism Commission does not keep the commercial profits of the operators. information, and cannot fully assess the profit and loss of individual operators.
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Some operators hope to be able to "store up" in the future. Xie Weijun asked whether the government would provide support in the question. Yau Tenghua described whether or not to "store up" is a business decision of the operator. There was no mention of whether the CEB would provide assistance.
As for whether to provide support for food trucks in the new round of anti-epidemic funds, Yau Tenghua said that the anti-epidemic funds are only aimed at premises affected by the tightening measures, including restaurants without evening markets, or industries that have been frozen for a long time. It is recognized that food trucks are not affected by the current social distancing measures, so they are not included in the fifth round of anti-epidemic fund measures.
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