Insight - Things looking up for Hong Kong again


How can Hong Kong reverse this economic downturn? What is our path forward? The pandemic’s economic toll is most evident in the retail, restaurant and hotel industries.

THE world has moved on. Many have packed up and left. Those of us still living in Hong Kong seem to fall easily into a mental coma induced by years of Covid-19 restrictions.

With its border to mainland China – and everywhere else – still partly shut, this island city can feel suffocating.

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