A public backlash is forcing Hong Kong’s government to reconsider a controversial plan to ban the sale of alcohol in bars and restaurants and seek other ways of enforcing further social distancing, as the city faces the threat of a worsening coronavirus crisis.Sources on Thursday said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor would hold a special meeting of her advisers in the Executive Council on Friday afternoon to discuss the possibility of scrapping the alcohol ban and rolling out tougher…
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