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Despite being home to one of the most dynamic restaurant scenes in the world, Hong Kong offers Muslim visitors and residents only a small taste of what others enjoy. So it was encouraging to hear that the Hong Kong Tourism Board is considering a new halal certification system to open doors to more restaurants.
The move would better serve the city’s 300,000 Muslim residents. It also could become part of a recipe for economic success by drawing more leisure and business travellers from the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Tourism board executive director Dane Cheng Ting-yat said this month that authorities were considering a “more suitable” halal certification scheme to put into place next year, to replace the current “extremely strict” system which severely limits the number of qualified restaurants.
The city relies on the Incorporated Trustees of the Islamic Community Fund of Hong Kong to grant halal certificates and ensure compliance through unannounced inspections. It is…
