27-09-2022, 06:06 AM
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Hong Kong’s leader John Lee — best known for overseeing a severe and unpopular security crackdown — sent champagne corks flying around the city’s offices on Friday.
In one short announcement, Lee ended the quarantine policy that has cut the city off from the rest of the world for two-and-a-half years and throttled its economy. “We want to balance the need for controlling the epidemic . . . [with the need] to raise Hong Kong’s competitiveness,” he said.
Hong Kong’s leader John Lee — best known for overseeing a severe and unpopular security crackdown — sent champagne corks flying around the city’s offices on Friday.
In one short announcement, Lee ended the quarantine policy that has cut the city off from the rest of the world for two-and-a-half years and throttled its economy. “We want to balance the need for controlling the epidemic . . . [with the need] to raise Hong Kong’s competitiveness,” he said.