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Hong Kong’s property developers and hotel owners are stepping up to offer their help, after Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed Hong Kong’s authorities to take the “main responsibility” in containing the so-called fifth wave of infections in the city.

The government’s flailing response to the fifth wave of the pandemic shows an administration that is out of its depth and out of touch with the suffering of Hong Kong’s most vulnerable, including children, the elderly and the unemployed.

Readers call for the flight ban on arrivals from certain countries to be lifted for vaccinated Hongkongers, and challenge the suggestion that only vaccinated residents should receive consumption vouchers.

Chinese University wants dormitory residents to leave by Sunday, but non-local students can remain.

Hong Kong’s dynamic zero-infection strategy is on a smaller, more targeted scale and does not have a system to track residents’ whereabouts due to privacy concerns.

One expert says the city’s vaccination rate needs to hit 90 per cent in the next three weeks to curb the current wave.

As new project launches are delayed because of the fifth coronavirus wave, real estate agencies and developers are shifting their focus online to boost sales.

The biggest customer in the near term is the Hong Kong government, which plans to distribute test kits to the entire population.

Price mark-ups and limited supplies of vegetables observed among the districts of Wan Chai, North Point, Sha Tin and Tai Po.

Further reduction in number of diners per table at eateries could see businesses struggling to survive, according to restaurant federation leader.