(Combating New Crown Pneumonia) Director of the Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong: New regulations for restaurants to cooperate in restricting the catering industry

China News Agency, Hong Kong, March 29. The new regulations restricting the catering industry came into effect at 6 pm on the 28th of Hong Kong. FEHD and police officers inspected Tsim Sha Tsui and other places in the evening on the same day. Chen Zhaoshi, the director of the Food and Health Bureau of the HKSAR Government, said in Hong Kong on the 29th that inspections revealed that restaurants as a whole comply with the new regulations, and the public understands the importance of the new regulations.

Data Map: Chen Zhaoshi, Director of the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Photo by China News Agency reporter Qin Louyue

On the same day, Chen Zhaoshi told the media after attending a TV program that during the inspection of the FEHD and the police, he found that there were not many people in the restaurant. Many restaurants took some measures in response to the new regulations. Everyone cooperated relatively. The public also understands the importance of the new regulations. The SAR Government hopes to better regulate social distance through the relevant legal framework and expects citizens to exercise self-discipline.

She reiterated that she hopes that the public can exercise self-discipline. As long as the society as a whole can truly maintain social distance, law enforcement is second. She expressed confidence in the public. If a citizen violates one of them, she will first give advice during the inspection.

Chen Zhaoshi also pointed out that the number of newly diagnosed cases of new coronary pneumonia has been increasing in the past period, including many imported cases. These cases may gather after returning to Hong Kong, and the number of close contacts of confirmed patients is very large. The purpose of the SAR Government's new regulations is to address social distance, and hope to reduce the risk of new crown pneumonia spread in the community. Since then, more information will be distributed on different government platforms to make the public's regulation of the two new regulations clearer. (Finish)