Hong Kong Eases Quarantine for Vaccinated Execs, Drawing Ire
- Directors, senior execs from listed, finance firms can apply
- City rolls out new incentives to boost slow vaccination rate
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Hong Kong is allowing vaccinated directors and senior executives of major listed companies to travel globally more easily, a significant relaxation of its onerous border curbs that’s drawing backlash from the wider population for being elitist.
Vaccinated senior executives from about 500 companies included in indexes like the Hang Seng and Hang Seng China Enterprises can seek permission to travel in and out of the city without needing to follow the current quarantine requirement, Hong Kong’s Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau said in a statement Monday.