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Hong Kong bids farewell to misery as it bids farewell to the Year of the Tiger

2023-01-20T17:27:55.636Z


As the Year of the Tiger is coming to an end, Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao has announced that the SAR government will revoke the mandatory quarantine order for people infected with the new crown virus at the end of the month, and instead issue general health measures recommendations and anti-epidemic information packages to those diagnosed.


As the Year of the Tiger is coming to an end, Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao has announced that the SAR government will revoke the mandatory quarantine order for people infected with the new crown virus at the end of the month, and will instead issue general health measure advice and anti-epidemic information packages to those diagnosed, and citizens will no longer have to go to the hospital in the future. The CHP platform reported a positive self-test result.

The relevant measures symbolize that in addition to being able to bid farewell to the Year of the Tiger, we are finally expected to bid farewell to the ferocious new crown epidemic.


Another exciting piece of good news is that the latest labor population statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department show that the number of unemployed people in Hong Kong dropped to 126,000 from October to December last year, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 3.5% during the same period. Not only is it the lowest level since the outbreak of the epidemic, but it is also almost the same as the 3.4% from November 2019 to January 2020, reflecting that the labor and economic markets are indeed coming out of the gloom and steadily "returning to normal."

However, despite local threats such as the new crown epidemic and economic recession, the situation of Hong Kong's external powerful enemies looking around and staring at it has not changed.

For example, behind the low unemployment rate in recent months is the impact of labor force emigration.

In the face of other regions intending to introduce various measures to attract local talents and companies to outflow, the Hong Kong government has begun to deploy strategies of "snatching talents" and "snatching companies", but the effect remains to be seen.

It is obvious that the hardships faced by ordinary citizens will not end with the departure of the Year of the Tiger.

The current government intends to change the housing situation. It has been one year since the “subdivided flats” rent control came into effect. The Secretary of the Housing Bureau, Ho Wing-yin, replied to the Legislative Council Members’ question that the Rating and Valuation Department identified 1,098 cases related to Owners were involved in illegal cases, but so far only one owner has been prosecuted and convicted.

For the vast number of grassroots families who are exploited by unreasonable rents, such law enforcement efficiency is bound to be unacceptable.

In recent months, the Hong Kong government has successively launched ambitious plans such as the "Innovative Technology Development Blueprint", "Grassroots Medical and Health Blueprint", and "Youth Development Blueprint". "Programme" and "Overall Blueprint".

However, in order to solve the various governance problems accumulated in Hong Kong society, we should not only put forward "programmes" and "blueprints" verbally, but more importantly, put them into action decisively.

In any case, after experiencing social turmoil and the impact of the raging epidemic, Hong Kong today can be said to have survived.

Even though it may be possible to "survive a catastrophe, there will be future blessings", but everyone must not forget that there are still opportunities to refuse a tiger and become a wolf.

This Spring Festival, the long-lost festive atmosphere finally emerged in the market. However, Hong Kong rulers must not indulge in it. They must pack up their minds and pragmatically lead Hong Kong society to start again, and move towards the vision of "return to normal" and the prosperity of long-term peace and stability in the future.

The details of customs clearance are thrown away one after another, and it is difficult to understand. It is difficult to see the overall situation. The return of international cruise ships to Hong Kong is just a stop on the way back to normal. Positive economic growth and negative population growth

Source: hk1

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