Hong Kong Officials Deliver Treats to Quarantine-Riled Bankers
- Hong Kong’s zero Covid strategy is putting hub status at risk
- Banks are also compensating staff for hotel quarantine costs
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Officials at Hong Kong’s central bank are going out on their own in trying to quell the growing anger in the city’s financial community, delivering care packages to those ensnared by one of the world’s strictest quarantine regimes.
According to a spokesperson at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, senior executives have “from their own pockets” sent “confectioneries to a handful of executives under quarantine as a token of personal regards,” partially confirming an earlier report by the Hong Kong Economic Times.