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New Coronary Pneumonia | Personal Comfortable Non-Transitional Isolation Grounds South African merchants ’families must follow the quarantine order

2020-05-22T11:53:18.345Z


The South African businessman Gao Tiancheng's family returned to Hong Kong from South Africa this month. In response to the new coronary pneumonia quarantine order, they were arranged to be quarantined at the Baxiang Youth Police Call Center in Yuen Long. However, they pointed out that the quarantine center's environment was extremely bad, and they applied for judicial review earlier, asking them to be separated from their deep-sea independent houses. At the same time, their family also applied for a personal protection order to let them leave the quarantine center. The application was rejected on Wednesday. A judge of the High Court issued a statement today (22nd) explaining the reasons for refusing the personal protection order. The judge believed that the Department of Health's approach was legal, and pointed out that the lack of personal comfort was the reason for changing to home isolation.


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Written by: Zhu Xinxin

2020-05-22 19:47

Last update date: 2020-05-22 19:47

The South African businessman Gao Tiancheng's family returned to Hong Kong from South Africa this month. In response to the new coronary pneumonia quarantine order, they were arranged to be quarantined at the Baxiang Youth Police Call Center in Yuen Long. However, they pointed out that the quarantine center's environment was extremely bad, and they applied for judicial review earlier, asking them to be separated from their deep-sea independent houses. At the same time, their family also applied for a personal protection order to let them leave the quarantine center. The application was rejected on Wednesday. A judge of the High Court issued a statement today (22nd) explaining the reasons for refusing the personal protection order. The judge believed that the Department of Health's approach was legal, and pointed out that the lack of personal comfort was the reason for changing to home isolation.

After returning to Hong Kong from South Africa, the applicant's family was placed in isolation at the Juvenile Police Training Camp in Baxiang, Yuen Long. (Profile picture)

Applicant: Horsfield Leslie Grant, his wife Yip Hoi Yan Delphine, their three children 22 months old to 7 years old, and a helper. Naked Heart Group, founded by Gao, operates a high-end resort hotel business. The respondent was the Chief Executive, the Director of Health, and two persons authorized by the quarantine regulations.

The judge stated in the judgment that the applicant questioned the Department of Health's assessment of the risk of arrivals from South Africa, and that countries such as Brazil and Bolivia had higher diagnosis rates and lower detection rates than South Africa, but their arrivals could be isolated at home.

DH can make appropriate and professional decisions

However, the judge pointed out that there are deviations in the test numbers in each country, and the number of diagnoses will also vary. According to the data ︳ The number of confirmed cases in South Africa has risen in recent weeks. It is a professional decision of the Department of Health to decide which countries should have more serious restrictions. The Department is also more suitable for evaluation than the court. Unless the assessment is obviously wrong and unreasonable, the court will not intervene, and the court will not see that the assessment is obviously wrong and unreasonable.

The applicant was arranged to change rooms but was rejected

Regarding the applicant's complaint about the hygiene of the room they were assigned, the judge believed that the applicant was later arranged to move to another room, but the applicant refused, and the quarantine center's room would also be cleaned regularly. In addition, although the applicant's children are unhappy because they are not allowed to return home, they are not sick or have any medical conditions that are not suitable for isolation in the quarantine center. The applicant has also complained about the food in the quarantine center, but in fact the relatives and friends of the applicant also provided them with food, clothes and other necessities.

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Personal comfort is not enough to justify the application

The judge pointed out that in order to make the applicant's personal comfort not enough to justify the application and the reason for isolation at home, he believed that the Director of Health's decision to arrange the applicant's family to stay in the quarantine center was legal and refused to grant the personal protection order. Applicant's family.

Case number: HCAL921 / 2020

Quarantine Personal Protection Order Judicial Review New Crown Pneumonia Court

Source: hk1

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