The government has announced that from Friday dine-in services will be allowed at restaurants in the evenings and entertainment venues like cinemas will reopen, RTHK reports. The Secretary for Health, Sophia Chan Siu-chee, said cinemas, beauty parlors and some outdoor sports venues will also reopen as the number of coronavirus patients seems to dwindling in Hong Kong. Restaurants which were restricted to provide only take away service after 6:00pm under the curbs will be allowed to provide dine-in services until 9:00pm starting from Friday. People who exercise outdoors will be exempted from the mandatory face mask rule, said Chan. The current restrictions will stay in place for two more days before new rules take effect from Friday.

Source: The Standard August 25, 2020 06:22 UTC