“I know it’s dirty and unhealthy eating this way, but what else can I do? I earn little, so I want to save money.'
Hung wakes at 6am each day to prepare her lunch of rice and vegetables, before heading from her home in Shau Kei Wan to work in Causeway Bay.
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted an issue barely noticed previously, of low-income and blue-collar workers with no proper place to have their meals. There was chaos for city workers on July 29 and 30 when the ban was in place and thousands had nowhere to eat. Numerous images circulated online, showing workers eating from packets on roadsides, under bridges, at construction sites in the sweltering heat and heavy rain, and even in public toilets.
The city’s design has long shaped social habits to focus primarily on dine-in activities, he says, and those who cannot afford to eat at restaurants or shopping malls are left out.Street cleaner Cheng, 71, who works in public toilets, parks and streets in Causeway Bay, says he has never had a fixed place for his lunch break.
Having worked like this for 28 years, he says he always eats wherever the job takes him, mostly outdoors. Cheng Chi-ho, 39, a bus driver of three years, used to have his dinner at a restaurant, but now eats takeaway food or a packed home-made meal. Cheng, who is secretary of the Citybus Employees Union, says that since the pandemic, the bus company has set aside a vacant bus at some terminuses for drivers to eat and rest.Infectious diseases expert Dr Joseph Tsang Kay-yan says eating outdoors may be safer these days compared to being in a crowded, poorly ventilated restaurant where diners are not wearing masks and speaking as they eat.
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