HONG KONG, July 30 — Hong Kong authorities today opened 19 community centres for residents to eat inside after a virus-induced ban on indoor dining at restaurants forced many workers to have their meals outside on pavements under sweltering heat and rain. The restaurant ban, which took effect...
Thursday, 30 Jul 2020 03:24 PM MYT
The restaurant ban, which took effect yesterday, barred any outlet from allowing dine-in patrons to curb the spread of Covid-19, an unprecedented move in the financial hub where hundreds of thousands depend on eating out for daily meals. Ivan Tong, a 24-year-old engineer who was buying his takeaway lunch in the commercial district of Tsim Sha Tsui, said many industries did not have an office where workers could eat and some companies did not allow dining inside, making the restaurant ban very tough.
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