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My TakeIs Lion City really less restrictive than Hong Kong over Covid-19?
- On paper, Singapore is opening up while Hong Kong still pursues a draconian zero-Covid policy, but on the ground, the city is still more relaxed about the daily life of its residents
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Recent news reports tend to contrast the growing divide between Singapore and Hong Kong over their Covid-19 health measures, usually at the expense of the city.
On paper, Hong Kong’s policy is zero Covid, in line with mainland China and therefore more draconian. Singapore, though, is taking steps to open up and allow quarantine-free travel to more and more countries.
But on the ground, things may be different, with Hong Kong still being more relaxed. A reader kindly shares the experience of a banker friend who has recently relocated to Singapore with his wife and two children.
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In the city state, each table at a restaurant can have only two people. There are undercover “Covid ambassadors” reporting on businesses and customers who breach public health rules.
The couple and their two children went to lunch at a restaurant and took up two tables next to each other. That quickly became a cause for dispute with the staff.
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