Hong Kong Bars, Restaurants Face More Pain With Return of COVID-19 Curbs

Hong Kong Bars, Restaurants Face More Pain With Return of COVID-19 Curbs
People dine at tables with partition boards inside a restaurant amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong, on Jan. 5, 2022. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s bars, restaurants, and caterers say tighter COVID-19 restrictions may cause hundreds of millions of dollars in losses, threaten jobs and even, for some, their survival.

On Friday, 15 types of venues, including bars, clubs, gyms and beauty parlors had to close for at least two weeks. Restaurants can stay open until 6.00 p.m. but are only allowed to offer takeaway service after that.