Coronavirus: sign-ups lag for Hong Kong’s restaurant discount campaign, while fears mount social-distancing rules could tighten again

Fewer Hong Kong restaurants than expected have so far signed up for a discount campaign intended to boost a sector slammed by the Covid-19 pandemic, now in its third wave in the city.To date, more than 1,000 restaurants have joined the initiative, which will offer 30 per cent off dinner menus in July and 20 per cent off in August. But that number is just a fraction of the 6,000, or half of Hong Kong’s 12,000 licensed operators, that were expected to take part.Thousands of Hong Kong restaurants…

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