[Father's Day] There are signs of a rebound in the epidemic in Hong Kong. Tomorrow (18th) is Father's Day. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor yesterday called on the public to reduce cross-family gatherings.
A representative of the catering industry revealed that some restaurants had booked up tables during busy hours on Sundays as early as two weeks ago, and pointed out that the society was returning to normal, speculating that Lam’s intention was to call on the public to abide by the epidemic prevention measures, “It’s not an appeal. Let’s cut down on going out for meals
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A restaurant manager revealed that seat reservations for Father’s Day were less than the Dragon Boat Festival, which was considered unusual based on past experience. It is estimated that it was related to the successive small outbreaks in schools, and parents reduced going out for gatherings, including celebrating Father’s Day.
▼May 8th, the restaurant was full on Mother's Day▼
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There are restaurants that have booked two weeks ago and are fully booked
Father's Day is approaching, Huang Jielong, honorary president of the Rice Miao Society, said that according to past experience, the market for Father's Day is not as good as Mother's Day, but he is still optimistic about tomorrow's business, which is estimated to be similar to last year's Father's Day.
He revealed that the table reservation situation depends on the location of the store and the popularity of the brand. Many of its restaurants were fully booked during the busy Father's Day period as early as two weeks ago.
Huang pointed out that since the resumption of dine-in in the evening market on April 21, with the reopening of industries such as karaoke and bars, the recovery of the industry is progressing well, and the business in May can be described as "prosperous".
However, there is currently a lack of tourists from other places in Hong Kong, and people go out for consumption, and there are only "fish in the pond".
He is fortunate that consumer coupons stimulate the market, otherwise the restaurant business will have no room for improvement.
▼On June 16, before entering the bar, you must show a negative test certificate on the first day▼
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Huang Jielong called on the government to aim at customs clearance: the most important direction is the most important direction, and there is no turning back
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor called on the public to reduce cross-family gatherings at a press conference yesterday.
Huang analysis pointed out that the government has expected that the number of confirmed cases will rise on the way back to normal, but the indicator for measuring the epidemic has been changed to severe disease and death rate. Therefore, as long as the medical system operates as usual, the government is reluctant to use legal means to restrict citizens. Otherwise, the business sector and the labor market will face collapse again. "I understand that it is not a call for everyone to reduce the amount of food they go out to eat. It means that everyone should not steal chickens."
Huang also emphasized that due to the maturity of the vaccine pass and the increase in the vaccination rate, he does not want the government to adopt the previous strict epidemic prevention measures to deal with the fifth wave of the epidemic. He believes that the future should depend on social consensus and the goal is to resume customs clearance. The business method is to prevent the epidemic, so let’s call it back to normal first. The most important direction is the direction, and it’s not easy to go back.”
The restaurant's Father's Day reservation is not as good as the Dragon Boat Festival person in charge: I am satisfied
Su Wancheng, deputy general manager of the London Restaurant, revealed that there were about 80 tables in the evening market on the Dragon Boat Festival, and only about 40 tables were reserved for tomorrow. .
Comparing this week’s evening market with the same period of the Dragon Boat Festival, the business volume was only 70% at that time, but in the past, the business of Father’s Day was higher than that of the Dragon Boat Festival, so it is believed that the situation may be related to the epidemic.
He admitted frankly that in the past, more than 100 tables were seated at the restaurant and evening market during festivals, but now there are dozens of tables reserved, "all of which are satisfied."
It is expected that the increase in the number of students infected will affect the parents' going out for gatherings
Su also believes that the decline in business on Father's Day may be related to the fact that more than 100 schools have students infected with the virus.
He explained that in the past, students were ready for the summer vacation in June, but this year, due to the early summer vacation and the daily rapid test, it is estimated that some families will simply reduce the number of outings.
"Actually, the Chief Executive did not ask the citizens to reduce gatherings. They have been cautious." He also suggested that the number of infected students should be used as a reference. When the number of confirmed cases among students has dropped to about 20, consideration may be given to easing the restrictions on epidemic prevention measures in restaurants. .
▼June 17 Chief Executive Carrie Lam's press conference▼
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More than 1,000 confirmed cases appear in multiple groups, Lin Zheng admits that the epidemic has rebounded, and calls for fewer cross-family gatherings on Father's Day.