Bite size local news, Post reports and activity summaries wrapped by ATO Hong Kong. In this issue: ATO Hong Kong Launches Branding Video Campaign on Social.
Don’t celebrate too soon as a clutch of new Hong Kong restaurants open – Covid-19 entry rules are changeable and a shortage of trained staff threatens food and service quality.
Coronavirus: sluggish vaccination rates spell bubble trouble for Hong Kong restaurants, bars operating under jabs-linked rules
With just 1.4 million residents having taken at least one jab and many refusing to use the ‘Leave Home Safe’ app, the patron pool for bars remains small
Meanwhile, only a small percentage of local restaurants are taking advantage of a new tiered system that ties opening hours, seating limits to inoculation
From
its soaring ceilings to opulent details, the Art
Deco-inspired interiors of Atlas in Singapore
channel the grandeur of the 1920s (Photo: Courtesy of Atlas)
“Singapore was historically a trading post and financial hub, so you have different cultures and ethnicities coming together to promote creativity,” explains Jason Williams, a Queensland native who moved to the Lion City five years ago to serve as creative director for Proof & Co as well as Master of Gin at Atlas.
“There are tons of expats from the United States and elsewhere, along with a local middle class that have come up in a globalised economy. They experience cocktail culture elsewhere and bring it back here. And since food culture in Asia is so integral, people already have much a broader palate compared to in Australia, where I’m from. Here, they’re more willing to try new things, from smoky mezcals to European liqueurs.”
Despite Hong Kong’s bar closures, some drinking more than ever amid coronavirus pandemic, concern group warns
While overall numbers have dipped, loneliness and boredom have played a role in boosting consumption for a minority of Hongkongers, study shows
Social media, meanwhile, has perpetuated false claims that alcohol can kill the virus or boost immunity, a message often reaching the city’s youth