The Financial Secretary, Mr Paul Chan, joined by representatives of the catering sector, met the media on the sector's measures to boost consumption this afternoon (June 18). Following is the transcript of his remarks:

Reporter: The gentleman just now said thousands of catering sector members will take part. Can you talk about who exactly these people are? Why did they join this scheme? And, secondly, with Mr (Tommy) Cheung beside you, are you concerned that this measure could be seen as helping Mr Cheung's LegCo (Legislative Council) election campaign? Thank you.
 
Financial Secretary: Mr Cheung is the representative of the catering sector at the Legislative Council at the moment. Over the years, when the Government engages with representatives of different sectors, we of course engage with the incumbent LegCo members. This is very natural.
 
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)

Ends/Thursday, June 18, 2020
Issued at HKT 19:39

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