• Tue   • Mar 18, 2014   • Updated: 3:15am   PUBLISHED : Monday,
31 March, 2008, 12:00am UPDATED : Monday, 31 March, 2008,
12:00am  Should the pet cafe be allowed to serve coffee?  I read
with great interest Connie Lim's letter (Talkback, March 19),
which expresses her views about people bringing their pets to
'restaurants', not 'pet cafes', the subject of the Pets Central
appeal. Ms Lim, like many people, does not differentiate between
a pet cafe and a restaurant.  Pet cafes are very popular in many
world-class cities. Many of these cities also allow owners to
bring their pets into restaurants that serve the general public.
The two types of eating establishment are different and must be
differentiated for the purposes of the Pets Central appeal
against the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department's decision
not to process its application for a pet cafe licence.  The
government's definition of food includes drink, but does not
include 'fodder or feeding stuffs for animals, birds or fish'.
Because drink is i