Letters | Hong Kong fourth wave: flailing Covid response causing people to lose hope
- Hong Kong’s anti-pandemic mandates appear exaggerated and must be reconsidered to create improved financial health and alleviate the mental toll on people
- There must be a change of direction from the Hong Kong government or at least some soul-satisfying answers so people can aspire for better days
Stimulus packages and handouts are inadequate measures to address the long-term needs of individuals under duress or the economy. If the economy does not receive a jump start, the strain on financial coffers will come at the expense of taxpayers in the absence of pragmatic, balance-seeking directives.
Leave alone planning a holiday, even business trips or other necessary travel have become a nightmare. This is especially so for senior citizens who would find the 21-day quarantine most unnatural and unbearable.
Such anti-pandemic mandates appear over-exaggerated and must be reconsidered to ensure improved financial health and alleviate the mental toll on people.
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Returnees fight cabin fever during mandatory 21-day hotel quarantine in Hong Kong
We need a change of direction from the Hong Kong government, or at least some soul-satisfying answers, so people can aspire for better days to come.