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To save Hong Kong food trucks, rethink the strategy
- The scheme, first introduced in 2017, has been troubled from the start because of excessive red tape; to survive, something has to change
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Editorials represent the views of the South China Morning Post on the issues of the day.
Having suffered one of the most devastating economic downturns that has lasted for almost a year and a half, local restaurants are seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. The relaxation of seating capacity and other arrangements in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, though, may be of little comfort to the many who are still struggling.
Nonetheless, it gives caterers a glimmer of hope for a long-awaited restart. Unfortunately, that is not the case for food truck operators.
If the recent remarks by the commerce chief are any guide, their demise is seemingly a foregone conclusion.
The warning came when Edward Yau Tang-wah made clear that food trucks as a tourism facility have limited room for development.
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