Business booms for Hong Kong restaurants and shopping malls over Easter break as consumption vouchers help to fuel surge

Hong Kong’s catering and retail sectors have reported a double-digit surge in business during the Easter holidays, despite social-distancing curbs reining in some of their growth, according to industry professionals.

The boom in business was also fuelled by the government’s distribution of the first half of HK$10,000 (US$1,275) in consumption vouchers earlier this month, with residents snapping up goods such as electronics and premium groceries.