Musicians Suffering Unduly From Bar Curbs: Spokesman

The chairman of the Hong Kong Musicians Union says performers are "deeply disappointed" about the ongoing ban on live music in bars.

Yesterday, the Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, indicated that certain anti-epidemic restrictions may remain for the time being, including those forbidding people to dance and perform at bars. Two clusters involving almost 60 Covid-19 infections have been traced to bars in Central – Zentral and Iron Fairies – in recent days.

Lito Castillo told RTHK that both local and non-local musicians have been suffering from a loss of income for two years due to the curbs on performances.

"The government needs to know that musicians are the same as any ordinary citizens of Hong Kong," he said. "We have families to feed."

He added: "As a matter of fact, we are the very ones who started to actively comply with the government's precautionary measures due to the pandemic. And we are all fully vaccinated."