跑马地及启德的经营者表示，尽管政府积极推动宠物友好餐饮，但新的牌照规定却迫使他们不得不拒绝携带宠物的食客进入户外用餐区。
许多未能取得相关牌照的商户反映，由于无法再允许食客携带犬只使用户外座位，导致客源流失。Happy Valley Bar & Grill经理Bijay Subba表示，这一政策与政府支持餐饮业发展的目标背道而驰。Subba指出，该餐厅过去多年一直允许食客携带犬只进入户外区域，当地许多居民都有养狗，并习惯在遛狗时顺道光顾。据Subba称，政策变动已导致餐厅生意下滑。跑马地及启德的经营者均表示，在现行规定下，他们被迫拒绝携带宠物的食客。
More than 940 restaurants welcomed dogs on Thursday under a new licence scheme, but viral clips of pets on tables and one cafe's withdrawal over safety concerns have fuelled online arguments about hygiene and behaviour.
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Hong Kong environment chief Tse Chin-wan said on Saturday that 31 restaurants have withdrawn from the new dog-friendly dining scheme two weeks after launch, while 70 warnings were issued.
Restaurant manager Fayfal Yavuz at Sibylla 47:an in Falun raises alarm that new parking rules risk losing customers.
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Retail tenants in Hong Kong are calling for significant rent reductions while landlords report a recovering market with only modest concessions.