2021年9月18日
Brian Wong
EJ Insight
Towards a more reasonable, effective quarantine policy
Much of this has been litigated and opined on to the point of death – but I'll say it again: Hong Kong's quarantine policy is ill-equipped for the rapidly shifting circumstances and evolving conditions in association with the pandemic.
Whilst – to give credit where credit is due – the watertight, rigorous, and impenetrable (almost) defenses of the quarantine measures have been pivotal in preventing major outbreaks in Hong Kong (till this very day, that is), the other side of the coin is equally apparent: in refusing to open up; in embracing an arcane and often obtuse set of bureaucratic procedures and red-tape, we risk falling behind our rivals in the ongoing campaign to re-open economies and borders. ...
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