Under the outbreak of the Omicron variant virus, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced today (January 5) that social distancing measures will be tightened from Friday (7th), including fasting of dine-in restaurants after 6 pm, and closure of various places. Hong Kong Once again, citizens have to face severe social distancing restrictions, and economic losses are even more difficult to predict.
The outbreak of this wave originated from a Cathay Pacific crew member who went out of the community to spread the virus illegally during the home quarantine period.
Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Real Political Roundtable, told "Hong Kong 01" that the epidemic has been so severe today that it is helpless to tighten social distancing measures.
However, he once again strongly criticized the government for allowing the crew to conduct home quarantine on that day, and the lack of strict supervision, which caused the whole society to pay such a heavy price. He also pointed out that the latest investigation revealed that the crew does not need to wear a hand strap for the home quarantine, and questioned the government’s efforts. Inadequate coordination between them has led to loopholes in epidemic prevention.
He also stated clearly that at the first meeting of the Legislative Council next week, many members including him will focus on "greeting" Lam Cheng and demanding that the government be held accountable.
Question: Are government officials responsible?
Tian Beichen said that when the Hong Kong government held a customs clearance meeting with mainland experts that day, they had learned that the mainland was very concerned about the potential loopholes in the exemption of crew members from quarantine. It's because of the end of the article."
He pointed out that because a crew member did not abide by the rules and took advantage of policy loopholes to "pass the plane and return the cargo plane." Now on the eve of the Lunar New Year, dine-in is stopped. The entire economic chain of Hong Kong is hit again and customs clearance is even more indefinite.
"Family, please tell Cathay Pacific to deal with it seriously. What about it? Is there any help?"
Tian Beichen also pointed out that after several days of in-depth understanding with people familiar with the matter, it was learned that these crew members did not really need to wear tracking straps during home quarantine. "History", why don’t you go to the crew this time? Is it the only one responsible? Is it the Transportation and Housing Bureau, the Innovation and Technology Bureau, and the Food and Sanitation Bureau? It is a government coordinator!"
Carrie Lam will go to the Legislative Council next Wednesday (12th) to attend the Chief Executive's Q&A meeting for the first time in this session.
Tian Beichen stated that many congressmen have expressed their intention to "greet" the chief executive on this issue. He will also try to ask questions: "I want to know that Hong Kong has to pay a heavy price today. Is an official responsible for it?"
Tian Beichen.
(Profile picture)
A senior establishment person who did not want to disclose his identity pointed out that there is a little sympathy for the chief executive and the director of the Food and Health Bureau in private, because there are exemptions from quarantine all over the world.
However, the person agrees that the loopholes this time are too serious: "Even if it is so loose that it looks like a foreign country, people will be sent to follow Shigu (persons exempted from quarantine), what else does the government do?"
Food forbidden | Xu Wenwei: The impact on the industry is difficult to estimate the loss Lin Jianfeng: Long pain is worse than short pain forbidden eating | Tightening the epidemic prevention catering industry bears the brunt The official attitude quickly decided to restart customs clearance