The Cathay Pacific crew violated the quarantine exemption arrangement, allowing the mutant virus Omicron to flow into the community, triggering the fifth wave of the epidemic, which has attracted wide attention from the social and political circles.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was questioned by many members of the Legislative Council today (12th). She repeatedly denied that the epidemic prevention measures were full of mistakes and omissions. Work.
Regarding the loopholes in the quarantine exemption for shipping criticized by the outside world, Lam stressed that a series of regulations, including Chapters 599C and 599E, involve persons entering Hong Kong from the Mainland and overseas respectively. There are provisions for exemption from quarantine, which have been reviewed and passed by the Legislative Council.
Among them, the exemption of freight personnel affects the daily life of Hong Kong, but in response to the Cathay Pacific incident, the government has tightened air transport measures. Lam Cheng warned that the impact will gradually emerge, and the supply of fresh goods, electronic products and medicines will bear the brunt. It's expensive, or some of you can't buy it."
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Lam Cheng said that one of the basis for the exemption is that people entering Hong Kong are "critical to the economic and social movement", and all cargo entry and exit are covered by this section. Lam pointed out that the exemption is extremely important to maintain the normal operation of Hong Kong.
You can imagine that there are 70 million people in our country. If there are no about 8,000 cross-border truck drivers carrying goods in every day, and no flights to carry goods in, what will be the situation?
Therefore, the exemption of air and land transportation is an established policy, but it does not mean that there is no control over the exemption, and there are strict epidemic prevention arrangements that need to be followed.
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Carrie Lam: There is no more cargo to enter by plane
Carrie Lam pointed out that those who violated the rules of the epidemic will not be spared, and will be investigated and punished, reiterating that they will be pursued to the end.
However, she reminded earlier that the government had tightened air transport measures in response to some crew members violating home quarantine, and predicted that the consequences would soon appear: "Because Hong Kong's air transport and cargo capacity have dropped significantly... Yi Zhiming kept nodding his head, He is in the best hands, since there are no more cargoes to enter by plane in Yijia.” She warned that the supply of fresh items, electronic products and medicines will be affected in the future, and the prices will likely be greatly increased.
We have several Japanese restaurants, as you all know, there are no drying planes to bring in fresh items, electronic products and medicines, which will soon be affected by the tightening of cargo air crew measures this time, so how about that? I have to warn everyone that they will be very expensive when they see it, or some of them will not be available.
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The most empty goods are food, Mrs Lam asked: Have the heart to destroy this industry?
Carrie Lam pointed out that Hong Kong's air cargo has done very well in the past year. In the first November, it was 4.6 million tons, exceeding the 4.5 million tons in 2020. She asked her MP, "Hong Kong has always been the world's largest freight hub. Does Mi have the heart to destroy this industry?” She further explained that if the exemption changes again, it will affect not only the airlines, but all citizens: “According to the weight of the cargo, the cargo imported through the aircraft is the first line of food!”
She then named Zhang Yuren, a member of the catering industry, and asked, "I will send you back to the catering industry. Mr. Zhang Yuren may not have the goods, so this decision is the consequence."
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