Kaohsiung's Daba Restaurant latest casualty of Mayor Han's failed promise of 'riches'

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/03
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Unable to wait any longer for itinerant Kaohsiung Mayor and full-time presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu's (韓國瑜) promise that the city would "get rich" to be realized, the 39-year-old Daba Restaurant Group (大八餐飲集團) announced on Tuesday (July 2) that it would suspend operations and lay off 150 employees.

After taking office in December of last year, Han promised that "Goods will come in and out, and Kaohsiung will get rich." However, many restaurants and caterers report that there has been no noticeable increase in consumer spending power in the eight months since the new mayor took office, reported Liberty Times.

The Daba Restaurant Group announced that it was facing a crisis with bounced customer checks in August of last year. With the support of suppliers and banks, company Chairman Lin Hui-i (林輝義) buckled down and was about to keep the business running for its 300 employees.

However, over the past year, the company has been unable to remedy the decline and recently, labor disputes have broken out again. On Tuesday, Lin Chi-an (林啟安), Vice President of Daba Restaurant Group, confirmed that the business will suspend operations, while an inventory and internal reorganization will be carried out, reported Liberty Times.    [FULL  STORY]