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Sat, 01 May 2021 14:30   Kanis Leung,Gigi Choy

Hong Kong bars, restaurants and tour operators expecting muted first weekend under complicated new ‘vaccine bubble’ rules

Many Hong Kong restaurants, entertainment venues and tour operators are not expecting much of a windfall from the first weekend of looser social-distancing measures under the city’s so-called vaccine bubble scheme, with some complaining of stringent and often complicated rules keeping their hands tied.Some party rooms reported having zero bookings, and most approved travel agencies were unable to launch local tours, while many restaurants failed to meet the requirements set out by the…

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