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The city leader has said the new round of subsidies to help employers cover payroll ‘will adopt a more targeted approach’, with many larger companies excluded.
Readers discuss Hong Kong’s approach to the fifth wave of the pandemic, mandating vaccines for the elderly, opening hair salons while closing the beach, and city leaders owning up to their mistakes.
At a high-level meeting in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office director Xia Baolong said the city was still facing an uphill battle against the pandemic.
Chronic diseases, disabilities and dementia are on the rise among Hong Kong’s ageing population while the pandemic has further exposed the lack of resources in elderly care. The city has the financial means and central government support to do better, but it has focused on treatment over prevention.
Whatever university studies say on the projected number of infections and deaths from the city’s fifth wave, there is some way to go before we can breathe a sigh of relief.