Political situation
Written by: Luo Jiaqing
2020-07-19 18:49
Last update date: 2020-07-19 18:49Hong Kong’s new coronary pneumonia epidemic continues to expand. The Chief Executive, Lin Zhengyue, today (19th) held a press conference with officials to announce five new measures, including civil servants working at home for one week from tomorrow. The government only provides emergency and mandatory services; mandatory masks are mandatory It was extended to indoor public places, banned meals in restaurants were extended for 7 days, DSE results were announced online on Wednesday and prevention work was strengthened.
Lin Zhengyue said that starting from tomorrow, all policy bureaus and departments will only provide emergency services, most counter services are suspended, and the relevant civil servants work from home for a week. (Profile picture)
1. Civil servants work at home and suspend non-emergency services for a week
Lin Zhengyue said that starting from tomorrow, all policy bureaus and departments will only provide emergency services. Most counter services are suspended. The relevant civil servants work from home and are tentatively maintained for a week. Each department will announce details later. She also pointed out that the authorities will continue to provide emergency and necessary services. About 60% of civil servants, including most disciplinary forces and anti-epidemic personnel, still need to work. Lin Zhengyue promised to provide these civil servants with adequate protection compared with January and February this year. Equipment, including protective clothing, etc. are very sufficient.
2. The ban on restaurants in the city banned for 7 days
The government earlier restricted the catering industry from 6 pm every night to 5 am the next day to prohibit dine-in. Lin Zheng announced that the measures would be extended for another 7 days. She said that she had considered extending the ban on dine-in to the morning and lunch markets. After research, she believed that there was a big gap between the daily life of the citizens and some people still needed to go to work. Therefore, following the practice of last week, she called on restaurants to comply with the relevant regulations The Bureau will step up inspections.
Lin Zheng pointed out that the Executive Council will convene a special meeting to discuss the amendment to Chapter 599I "Public Transportation Regulations for the Prevention and Control of Diseases and Wearing Masks" to force citizens to wear masks in indoor public places. (Profile picture/photo by Yu Junliang)
3. Mandatory wearing of masks will be extended to all indoor public places
The government has set up new regulations to force public transportation to wear masks. Lin Zhengyue said that sporadic passengers have observed irregularities in the past few days. Similar situations will occur in the future, and law enforcement and prosecution will not be ruled out.
She said that the Executive Council will convene a special meeting to discuss the amendment to Chapter 599I "Public Transportation Regulations for Preventing and Controlling Diseases" to force citizens to wear masks in indoor public places. The Secretary for Justice is studying.
Four, DSE Wednesday's results would be released to encourage schools to release results online
July 22 is the day of the middle school diploma test list. Lin Zheng refers to the day of the general diploma test list. All students will return to the school to receive the results notice. Everyone will comfort and congratulate each other, or have many contacts. In this regard, the government requires schools to take measures to prevent students from returning to school as much as possible, get the test results through the electronic version of the notice of results, and provide guidance through online or telephone. If the students must return to school, the school should allow students to return to school in time.
As for enrolling in colleges and universities, Lin Zhengyue said that most of the joint recruitment of universities and self-funded colleges are conducted online. I believe that students do not need to knock on the door.
Fifth, strengthen the prevention of multi-zone cleaning and disinfection
Lin Zheng pointed out that in order to strengthen the prevention work, considering that many cases are in the area of Kowloon East, so Wong Tai Sin, Tsz Wan Shan and other areas of Kowloon East will strengthen cleaning and disinfection. At the same time, priority will be given to virus detection for four groups including Kowloon East restaurants and residential care homes.
Lin Zheng announced at the press conference that the Leiyumen Resort and Yabo Museum will serve as community isolation facilities to receive asymptomatic or stable patients. It is expected that 300 units will be provided by the Leiyumen Resort. (Photo by Li Zetong)
In addition, Lin Zheng announced at the press conference that the Leiyumen Resort and Yabo Museum will serve as community isolation facilities to receive no symptoms or stable patients. It is expected that the Leiyumen Resort will provide 300 units, and the Yabo Museum will need to be modified and will be able to provide research How many units.
In addition, the government will reserve Disneyland Phase II tourism development land in Penny Bay, and build another 2,000 quarantine units, with a total of 3,500 units, which will be completed by the end of the year. In addition, the government stipulates that starting from Saturday, if people arriving from a high-risk country, even if they are negative for the virus, they still have to reserve the hotel for 14 days to avoid coming home and contacting their family members.
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