Under the latest social-distancing measures, restaurants must operate at a maximum capacity of sixty percent and cap customers sharing a table at eight, while bars are restored to four people per table. A representative of a catering industry's association said the sector would be losing 20 to 30 percent of its business this month, following the government's tightening of social-distancing restrictions amid a sudden outbreak of Covid-19 this week. Health authorities have reverted to tough measures on restaurants today after recording a total of 85 new, locally-transmitted cases in the past three days. Groups visitors at no-mask venues including the gym, party rooms and karaoke lounges must limit their size to eight from 16. Wong said on a radio program this morning the catering sector economy had been battered by the outbreak and the government's previous social-distancing curbs, and that the loss would persist as the government returned to tougher restrictions today.

Source: The Standard July 11, 2020 07:30 UTC