The news of Ocean Empire, a 33-year-old congee restaurant chain, suddenly shutting down is not surprising. The catering industry has struggled mightily since Hong Kong reopened its borders after the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic, and many local restaurants have bitten the dust. The disrupter of the century so far, the pandemic has permanently changed…
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The number of licensed restaurants in Hong Kong has dropped year on year for the first time in six years, a Post analysis has found, with experts attributing the decline partly to locals travelling to mainland China and tourists preferring lighter food options such as street snacks. According to data from the Food and Environmental…
The number of licensed restaurants in Hong Kong has dropped year on year for the first time in six years, a Post analysis has found, with experts attributing the decline partly to locals travelling to mainland China and tourists preferring lighter food options such as street snacks. According to data from the Food and Environmental…
Low-budget tours to Hong Kong costing as little as 68 yuan (US$9.35) have been a popular option among mainland visitors over the Labour Day “golden week” holiday, sparking concerns about how such minimal spending by tourists in the city would benefit the local economy. A search by the Post on China’s leading online travel booking…
Low-budget tours to Hong Kong costing as little as 68 yuan (US$9.35) have been a popular option among mainland visitors over the Labour Day “golden week” holiday, sparking concerns about how such minimal spending by tourists in the city would benefit the local economy. A search by the Post on China’s leading online travel booking…
What is Hong Kong’s answer to Singapore’s Economic Development Board or the mainland’s National Development and Reform Commission? We don’t really have an exact equivalent, perhaps in keeping with our historical stance on the economy, in which the private sector takes the lead and the government role is to facilitate and support. However, in an…
What is Hong Kong’s answer to Singapore’s Economic Development Board or the mainland’s National Development and Reform Commission? We don’t really have an exact equivalent, perhaps in keeping with our historical stance on the economy, in which the private sector takes the lead and the government role is to facilitate and support. However, in an…
Hong Kong’s restaurants expect a modest 5 per cent rise in business at most during the “golden week” holiday despite visitor numbers increasing by a third over the first two days, as mainland Chinese tourists have tightened their purse strings, industry leaders have said. Hong Kong welcomed 567,928 visitors on Thursday and Friday, the first…
Hong Kong’s restaurants expect a modest 5 per cent rise in business at most during the “golden week” holiday despite visitor numbers increasing by a third over the first two days, as mainland Chinese tourists have tightened their purse strings, industry leaders have said. Hong Kong welcomed 567,928 visitors on Thursday and Friday, the first…