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Letters | New Covid-19 health code system a positive step, but government must address concerns about privacy
- Readers discuss the government’s plan to make changes to the Leave Home Safe app, and its exclusion of the city’s struggling domestic workers from the consumption voucher scheme
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I refer to the article, “Covid-19: Hong Kong to step up restriction enforcement with colour-coded app system, but health minister says change not aimed at ‘tracking’ residents” (July 11), about the introduction of real-name registration and a dual-colour system to the “Leave Home Safe” app.
Following this, the technology secretary noted that the app already has some real-name functions through users’ vaccine records tied to the app. Besides, a SIM card system requiring registration under the user’s real name, which takes effect from February next year, will also serve the same tracking purpose.
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I welcome the new policy. I believe it could lay a solid foundation for reopening the border between Hong Kong and the mainland.
The outbreak of the coronavirus has caused severe damage to our city’s economy. Considering that mainland China is the most crucial business partner of Hong Kong, reopening the border and restoring the flow of people between the two sides should top the to-do list of the new government.
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Since the mainland has adopted the “dynamic zero infection” policy, Hong Kong needs to minimise the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases. The new rule not only allows Hong Kong to better monitor the epidemic, but also helps us better adapt to the mainland’s disease prevention measures, as the dual-colour system is similar to the mainland’s health code system.
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