Application period for Catering Business Subsidy Scheme and Further Subsidy to Commercial Bathhouse Licence Holder Subsidy Scheme to end on May 27

     The application period for the Catering Business Subsidy Scheme (applicable to liquor licensed premises (with Bar Endorsement), karaoke establishments and nightclubs with restaurant licence) and the Further Subsidy to Commercial Bathhouse Licence Holder Subsidy Scheme under the fourth round of the Anti-epidemic Fund will end on May 27 (Thursday). A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (May 20) reminded eligible licence/permit holders wishing to apply for the subsidies to submit their applications before the deadline.

     The schemes opened for application on April 28. As at yesterday (May 19), over 590 and 30 applications for the Catering Business Subsidy Scheme and the Further Subsidy to Commercial Bathhouse Licence Holder Subsidy Scheme had been received respectively. A total of 101 and seven applications had been approved respectively with a sum of over $17 million disbursed. The FEHD will process the applications as soon as possible so as to provide assistance to eligible licence/permit holders promptly.

     The application form and guidelines can be obtained from the licensing offices or District Environmental Hygiene Offices of the FEHD, or downloaded from the website of the FEHD (www.fehd.gov.hk). Eligible licence/permit holders should submit their applications to the corresponding licensing offices (for the Catering Business Subsidy Scheme) or District Environmental Hygiene Offices (for the Further Subsidy to Commercial Bathhouse Licence Holder Subsidy Scheme) of the FEHD in person or by mail. Upon receipt of the completed application form and supporting documents and after verification, the FEHD will disburse the subsidy in about two weeks by mailing crossed cheques to the corresponding premises. 

      For details of the schemes, please visit the website of the FEHD.