Carrie Lam: Strict external defense measures have narrowed Hong Kong's external window, worrying about its international status

Chief Executive Carrie Lam talked about the epidemic in an interview with the TVB news program "Speak Clearly", saying that if there is still one or two years in office, he will be more aggressive in terms of social normalization, but now he hopes to leave more room for the next government to decide.

She also pointed out that the strict foreign import prevention measures have narrowed Hong Kong's foreign window.

Refers to the early help from the central government can not avoid the fall of public medical care

When she recalled the large-scale outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic, there was an opinion that she should seek help from the central government earlier, but she believed that even if she sought help early, it would still be impossible to avoid the fall of public medical care, because the central government later came to Hong Kong to build shelters mainly Isolation facilities, but it is impossible for seriously ill elderly people who have been bedridden for a long time to go to these places. The purpose of the square cabin is to ease other non-critically ill patients. The quality of the environment in Hong Kong's elderly homes is uneven, and the problem has existed for many years. The current government has tried its best to Provide assistance to improve quality: "Sure, would you say it would be better to have more assistance? Of course it would be better."

Carrie Lam also reminded that after experiencing the epidemic from January to March this year, she strongly felt that the citizens' tolerance for social distancing measures had reached the limit, "Sometimes I feel embarrassed that the premises will be closed for several months as soon as they are closed. , they all want to do business, but can’t they pay rent?” However, since the change of office is imminent, I don’t want to take too aggressive actions, so seeing the recent rebound of the epidemic, the implementation of the third phase of social distancing has been stopped: “If I In a year or two, we can be more aggressive and wait for the citizens to return to normal,” hoping to leave room for the next government to decide how to handle the epidemic prevention measures.

Hong Kong has experienced multiple waves of epidemics one after another. Air flights have been suspended due to the circuit breaker mechanism, and the number of passengers entering and leaving Hong Kong Airport has shrunk significantly.

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When asked whether customs clearance with overseas or the mainland is the priority, Lam said of course everyone wants to have both, but in reality there are difficulties.

She pointed out that Hong Kong's foreign import policy has reached the level of no-flying in designated countries, and even if it is relaxed now, the daily number of passengers arriving at the airport is only 3,000 to 4,000, which is still a big difference compared to normal.

Faced with the increasingly narrow window to the outside world, Lam admitted that the time for the government to make decisions in the future will become more and more tight, "I am really worried if it will be imported (the government) by the end of the year. international financial center status).”

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