Hong Kong at the tipping point: ‘frank words’, dire warnings prompted city leader’s rethink of tough anti-Covid measures


The harsh numbers revealing people were leaving town in droves, particularly expatriates from the financial sector, finally convinced Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor to rethink the city’s stringent pandemic control measures, the Post has learned.

On Thursday, Lam promised to review the social-distancing rules and quarantine requirements for travellers after people in her inner circle warned her the city had reached a critical tipping point, with no clarity on the way forward as more people were making plans to leave.

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