Hong Kong: COVID-19 Tenancy Termination And Rent Abatement Issues ONC Lawyers


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The World Health Organization classified the outbreak of COVID-19 as a pandemic on 11 March 2020. The Hong Kong Government has been implementing a series of control measures, including travel and border restrictions and compulsory quarantine for 14 days, to curtail the number of infections and combat the ongoing outbreak. As a consequence, business disruptions with a reduced need for office and shop spaces, and a significant and abrupt business slowdown affect a lot of business tenants in Hong Kong. The key issues for a business tenant to consider are whether in an outbreak a tenant can use that as...