Cashbox representatives apologize for deadly fireBy Chen Cheng-hui / Staff reporterCashbox Partyworld Co Ltd (錢櫃) representatives yesterday bowed at a news conference to offer their apologies to the public for a deadly fire that broke out at one of the popular karaoke chain’s outlets in Taipei on Sunday. The company has suspended its business operations in Taiwan for one week to improve fire and building safety at its outlets, Cashbox chief executive officer Lien Fu-tsai (連福財) said. Cashbox Partyworld Co Ltd director Yen Chih-ching, second left, chief executive officer Lien Fu-tsai, third left, and other company representatives bow in apology at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. At a separate news conference at the Taipei Exchange, Cashbox chief financial officer and spokeswoman Eve Kao (高心華) said that she could not report on the company’s potential losses in monetary terms. Cashbox reported NT$212.62 million in consolidated revenue last month, down 28.35 percent from a year earlier, as the COVID-19 outbreak affected business, Kao said.

Source: Taipei Times April 28, 2020 15:56 UTC