Hong Kong’s Top Finance Officials Skip Hotel Quarantine After Travel
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Hong Kong’s senior finance officials gained exemptions from compulsory hotel quarantine after international business trips as the government resists calls to give similar treatment to the city’s bankers.
Eddie Yue, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, was granted 7-day home quarantine and 14-day medical surveillance instead of staying in a designated hotel after visiting Europe this month. The head of the city’s de facto central bank, and his administrative assistant, accessed the government’s quarantine arrangements for public officers carrying out official duties, an HKMA spokesperson said in a statement.