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Letters | Hong Kong coronavirus: follow Macau and the UK for recovery road map

  • A detailed, step-by-step plan is needed to work towards the lifting of pandemic restrictions, to reopen borders and return to normal life

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Tourists visit the Senado Square in Macau on May 3, the third day of China’s five-day May Day holiday. Photo: Xinhua
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When can we travel to Macau? Ho Iat-seng, Macau’s chief executive, has declared that a travel bubble with Hong Kong might emerge only if Hong Kong has no new local Covid-19 infections for at least 14 consecutive days. However, this news is being downplayed by media and the authorities because of the Macau tourism industry’s heavy dependence on mainland China and their largely quarantine-free travel bubble. A re-emergence of Covid-19 in Macau would close this valuable gateway. Ho would not want to bear the risk.
The efforts made by Macau officials in defending their city against the pandemic are obvious and effective. In contrast, Hong Kong is far from achieving its target. Every once in a while, when we believe coronavirus infections are close to clearing up, another outbreak happens. This situation is very depressing.

Our leader, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, keeps encouraging us to get vaccinated to restore normal life and reopen the borders as soon as possible. But there appear to be few concrete details on the specific conditions under which Covid-19 restrictions could be eased completely, and what specific plans there are to work towards this.

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Compare this to Britain where the pandemic was also serious last year, but where Prime Minister Boris Johnson has provided a clear road map for the return to normalcy after administering the required number of vaccinations.

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People there could soon be allowed to go to football matches and other public events. People have a direction they can see and indications they can follow to see their livelihoods restored step by step.

Our administration should also give us a clear, step-by-step plan we can follow, similar to that in Britain, so that we could truly escape from the pandemic.

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Jack Chung, Sham Shui Po

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