reopen on September 11<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nBusinesses licensed under the Amusement Game Centres Ordinance and eligible operators of esports venues will receive\u00a0a\u00a0one-off subsidy of HK$50,000 (US$6,451), as well as\u00a0operators of registered internet computer services centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The same amount will be provided for\u00a0mahjong\u00a0and Tin Kau licence holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Licence holders for\u00a0mahjong\u00a0and Tin Kau parlours,\u00a0game centres\u00a0and esports venues will receive one-off assistance of\u00a0US$6,451.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10793,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Hong Kong SAR government has initiated two subsidy schemes under its Anti-epidemic Fund, providing a one-off payment of HK$50,000 (US$6,451) to licence holders of mahjong\/Tin Kau parlours, game centres, esports venues, and internet computer services centres. This financial relief targets businesses severely impacted by mandatory COVID-19 closures from mid-July to mid-September, with applications open until November 9. The measure aims to provide immediate financial relief to these land-based entertainment verticals.","focusai_entities":"Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Fiscal Allocation Analysis","query":"What is the total fiscal allocation for these subsidy schemes, and how does it compare to the estimated GGR loss for these entertainment verticals during the mandated closure period?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Post-Subsidy","query":"Are there any specific regulatory compliance requirements or post-subsidy operational mandates imposed on recipients to ensure responsible use of public funds and adherence to governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,161,16338],"tags":[1619],"class_list":["post-10791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10791"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10801,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10791\/revisions\/10801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}