In recent days, the number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong and Japan has exceeded 1,000. The government has required to enter bars, nightclubs and other recreational places from the day before yesterday (16th), and must present a negative certificate of rapid test within 24 hours.
Sheng Zhiwen, chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group, believes that the government has overreacted, emphasizing that the number of confirmed cases related to bars is only a small number, and the new arrangement is unfair and pays attention to business in the entrepreneurial sector.
Sheng Zhiwen said that there have been only about 360 cases of infection related to the bar industry recently. Among the more than 1,000 confirmed cases in the past few days, only two were related to bars, and most bars followed the authorities' epidemic prevention regulations, criticizing the requirement for bar customers to show quick tests. The measure of a negative result is unfair and wrong, questioning the authorities without careful consideration.
He believes that bars have difficulties in implementing the new measures, because it is difficult for the staff to confirm that customers will not falsely report the results. He also believes that the measures have severely damaged the business of bars, saying that the flow of people has decreased after the measures took effect, and he believes that the business on Father's Day on Sunday will not improve. If the policy is maintained for more than two weeks, many bars will struggle to survive.
He expects the authorities to change the way of thinking to help the industry instead of punishing them under the new governance.
He also said that all parts of the world have begun to return to normal life, and that the authorities can force citizens to be vaccinated to help Hong Kong people return to normal life.
He pointed out that if the epidemic prevention strategy continues, more people of insight will leave Hong Kong, and it will be difficult to retain talents and attract them back without making changes.
Police in Sham Shui Po raided a bar on Tai Nan Street without a quick test. The male person in charge was arrested. There were at least 69 people in the bar who violated the rules in multiple districts.
Latest | More than 1,000 cases of 18 bars have been added for three consecutive days for violating the epidemic prevention regulations. The longest 14-day period has been criticized by the industry. The regulations are not clear when entering bars. To judge the authenticity of experience, we call on citizens to show negative results of the quick test when they enter the bar at home. Someone in Lan Kwai Fong was on the spot and the bar moaned that the business was cleared.
