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Letters | Covid-19 and Hong Kong: finally, light at end of border control tunnel
- Readers discuss Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s remarks on travel rules, the erosion of Hong Kong’s status as an Asian business hub, the dangers of wearing personal protective gear outdoors in the heat, and British hypocrisy on human rights
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At long last I feel like shouting from the rooftops now that Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, Hong Kong’s outgoing chief executive, has finally found the courage of her convictions and announced that the city’s border control rules are unsustainable (“Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s border control rules untenable, Carrie Lam says, while city logs 1,276 cases”, June 19).
Although this pronouncement came just days before Lam passes the baton to the incoming John Lee administration, I see it as her Damascene moment, when the truth is out officially, or rather, allowed by our political masters. Very late, but the saying “better late than never” stands.
So finally there is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. Hong Kong most probably will be allowed to open up to international travellers like the rest of the world. However the equally important border reopening with our motherland is likely to have to wait till the party congress in the autumn. When the exact date of such an important event is still held as a state secret, Hongkongers should realise the mental make-up of our political masters.
Of course, all this is a political gift bestowed on the incoming administration. Hongkongers wait with bated breath for the resumption of quarantine-free travel.
Lam Kam Shing, Tai Po
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