Letters | Hong Kong’s quarantine and travel policy no longer makes any sense
- Readers discuss the motivations behind the government’s travel restrictions on Hongkongers, and the need for mask mandates and booster vaccine shots in the city
Even if the zero-Covid strategy eventually leads to some travel exchange with the mainland, it would still impede Hongkongers’ travel to other countries.
What are policymakers’ real objectives? Sometimes motivations cannot be shared publicly and lead to choices that don’t seem rational.
Since Hong Kong’s leaders are competent and have succeeded in leading us through the pandemic, it seems that perhaps they are pursuing other, presumably valid objectives which have not been made public. Otherwise, it is time to move beyond the zero-Covid strategy.
The quarantine policy is outdated and makes even short trips to Macau or anywhere in the region impossible. It is making longer travel a privilege for the few who can spend two or more weeks in quarantine and afford the extra expense of a decent quarantine hotel.