COVID-19: HK boosts consumer support measures
Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan (陳茂波) outlined new support measures for consumers and the unemployed as an escalating COVID-19 outbreak takes a toll on the territory’s economy. The Hong Kong government would give HK$10,000 (US$1,282) in spending vouchers to eligible residents, Chan said in his budget speech yesterday, while also earmarking HK$20 billion for “other potential anti-epidemic” needs. The economy is being battered by an outbreak of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 that has caught officials off guard. With daily COVID-19 cases topping 9,000, the government has b...