news Hong Kong coronavirus: why not give out cash for actually doing something? Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po speaks to the press on the Hong Kong government’s HK$10,000 cash handout for 2020, at the government headquarters on June 8 last year. Photo: Felix Wong According to media reports, and as confirmed by Hong Kong government press releases, vaccine hesitancy is high and only 21 per cent of the Hong Kong population has been fully vaccinated. In a public health move, the government announced that it will suspend passenger flights from the United Kingdom from July 1, due to rising cases of the Delta variant there.