The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) has established the Food Courts Subsidy Scheme under the Fifth Round of the Anti-epidemic Fund and is now accepting applications.  A one-off subsidy will be provided to eligible licence holders of food factories in operation in a food court inside a shopping mall that satisfies the definition in item (1)(b) under the Eligibility stated below according to the approved floor area of the licensed premises, as set out in the table below.

Floor Area of Licensed Premises
(as specified on the licence)
Level of subsidy
Not exceeding 20m2 $10,000
>20m2 - 60m2 $25,000
>60m2 $50,000

The application period and procedures are set out below:

Application Period: 9:00 a.m., 17 January 2022 (Monday) to
5:00 p.m., 18 February 2022 (Friday)

Eligibility

  1. An applicant is required to fulfil the following criteria:
    1. the applicant holds on or before 31 December 2021 a valid food factory licence (full or provisional licence) issued by the FEHD; AND
    2. the licensed food factory shall be located in a food court, which is defined for the purpose of this scheme, to mean a place inside a shopping mall comprising licensed food factories and adjoining seating area (with both tables and chairs/stools) provided by the property management/owner of the shopping mall for non-exclusive use by its visitors, which may include patrons of the licensed food factories; AND
    3. the related food factory licence is valid and the food business is in operation on the date of submission of the application and on the date of approval of the application; AND
    4. no application for transfer, voluntary surrender or cancellation of food business licence in respect of the licensed food premises is under processing in the period from the date of submission of the application to the date of approval of the application; AND
    5. the applicant holds the related valid licence in (a) above on the date of approval of the application (if the application for subsidy is submitted in respect of a provisional licence and the validity period of the provisional licence is less than one month on the date of submission of application, the related full licence has to be obtained either before the expiry of the provisional licence or close of application for the subsidy); AND
    6. the applicant is not subject to any bankruptcy or winding up procedure/proceedings/order at the time of the application and thereafter up to the grant of subsidy.
  2. As an exceptional arrangement, an applicant not holding a valid food factory licence on 31 December 2021 may apply for the subsidy, provided that:
    1. in the case of a transfer of the food factory licence was made on or before 31 December 2021 -
      1. the application was approved after 31 December 2021, and the applicant is the approved transferee ; AND
      2. no subsidy has been granted by FEHD under this Subsidy Scheme to the original licence holder in respect of the licence transferred ; AND
      3. the applicant meets the eligibility criteria in items (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e) and (1)(f) above.
    2. in the case of a provisional licence held by the applicant in respect of the same premises which has, irrespective of the expiry date, expired -
      1. the applicant is successful in obtaining a full licence before close of application for the subsidy (i.e. 18 February 2022); AND
      2. the applicant meets the eligibility criteria in items (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d), (1)(e) and (1)(f) above.

Means of Application

Processing of Application

Release of Subsidy

Other Points to Note

Enquiries

For enquiries, please contact Food Courts Subsidy Scheme Hotline at 2867 5153 or 2958 0694.