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Hong Kong restaurant revenues drop over Easter break as departures outnumber arrivals

3 hours ago02 mins

Hong Kong restaurants suffered a 6 to 7 per cent revenue drop over the Easter weekend, an industry source said, as gains from a 15 per cent rise in mainland Chinese tourists failed to offset business lost to 1.7 million departing locals. Industry leaders also said on Monday that the trend of locals travelling across…

Imported workers ‘lifeline’ for struggling Hong Kong restaurants: trade chiefs

Cs news9 months ago02 mins

Restaurant industry leaders have defended Hong Kong’s labour importation scheme as a crucial “lifeline” for their struggling sector, arguing that it injects much-needed new blood and improves service standards rather than taking jobs from local workers. They also dismissed accusations that operators were using the scheme to hire cheap labour, insisting the total cost of…