Hong Kong has more than 980 dog-friendly restaurants

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department says it has issued  77 verbal warnings to dog-friendly restaurants since the dog-friendly measure came into effect a month ago.

In the first phase of the measure, 1,000 restaurants are allowed to apply for the permit. The department says the number of permitted restaurants has increased from the initial 940 to more than 980.

As of Saturday, authorities have conducted about 29, 600 inspections at permitted restaurants across Hong Kong.