Strict Covid-19 curbs leave Hong Kong 'indefinitely trapped', EU chamber says, East Asia News & Top Stories


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HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - A major business group has issued an unprecedented open letter warning Hong Kong's leader that her strict quarantine rules leave residents trapped in the city, threatening its standing as a global finance hub. The European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong sent the letter to Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday (Aug 19), calling the city's newly-tightened quarantine rules this week a "significant setback" following a quickly-abandoned attempt to relax some of the world's strictest requirements for inbound travellers. The business group called on Hong Kong, which has been pursuing a "Covid Zero" strategy...