Hong Kong to have first halal-certified restaurants under Q-mark scheme by year end
A clutch of Hong Kong-based halal certified restaurants is set to come under the city’s Q-mark scheme by the end of the year.
Paul Chan Mo-po, the city’s finance secretary said that broadening global promotional efforts to lure Muslim tourists is the next step.
The rise of the halal economy reflected a wider shift and signalled the growing economic influence of the Global South, the South China Morning Post cited him as saying.
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