Hong Kong elections: are city’s tough Covid-19 quarantine rules ‘more politics than science’? Yes, according to a candidate in coming Legco race


Hong Kong’s strict quarantine policy is “more politics than science”, according to former InvestHK director general Mike Rowse, who has thrown his hat into the ring for this month’s Legislative Council election.

Rowse also said he “felt sorry” for his successor in charge of the government department tasked with convincing foreign companies that Hong Kong was still a “go-to” place for business, with more than 50 countries now classified as high risk under local Covid-19 travel rules, as the Omicron coronavirus variant spreads worldwide.

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