Eat up or you'll be fined

Key

Question 1


a) False. A number of restaurants in the Chinese city alert customers that they will charge them between HK$5 and HK$20 if they leave any food on their plates, the South China Morning Post reported.
It said a handful of restaurants serving do-it-yourself hotpots, sushi and buffets had set up the system.
b) True. A restaurant industry group said the move was merely put in place to warn customers and that few eateries, if any, had actually fined anyone.
c) False. The penalties listed on the menus are just for warning
d) False. The government is reportedly looking into a scheme that will reprocess into compost some of the 700 tons of food thrown out each day by the city's huge hospitality industry.

Question 2
a) Restaurant owners are afraid that with the new law fewer customers will come to their places.
b) As the population of Hong Kong is generating too much rubbish, there is not enough space where to get rid of it.
Question 3
a) leftovers
b) handful
c) landfill
Question 4
a) A handful of restaurants serving do-it-yourself hotpots, sushi and buffets are said to have set up the system.
b) A landfill crisis is being faced by Hong Kong.
c) Despite setting / having set up the system, very few customers have actually been fined.