(Yicai Global) Feb. 4 -- The Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Xiangzhou district in Zhuhai, a city in China's southern Guangdong province close to Hong Kong, ordered all bars, barbecue restaurants, cafes, tea houses and farms in the area to close down in a notice it issued yesterday. 

Other culinary service providers may only allow customers to take away items and are prohibited from allowing in-house consumption.

Catering companies will close within one to two months if difficulties such as insufficient passenger flow and cash flow cannot be overcome, the Guangdong Food and Beverage Service Industry Association projects.

Editor: Ben Armour