Letters | Hong Kong social distancing: are officials leading by example?

A good leader leads by example. Are we to take your arrangements for and behaviour at the National Day ceremony and reception as an acceptable interpretation of the rules on group gatherings and social distancing, as we peacefully express our love of Hong Kong and the rights and freedoms laid down in the Basic Law?

In the audience, although each table was limited to four seats, they were closely spaced, and people mingled, masked and unmasked, while toasting and greeting each other. This does not appear to follow the spirit of the regulations on groups limited to four people, and restaurants limited to 50 per cent capacity.

I hope that you will make it quite clear that people exercising their rights to free speech and freedom of assembly will not be prosecuted for activities of the same nature as those you publicly take part in.