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Hong Kong’s authorities are recruiting retired disciplined service officers to help with possible lockdowns during the Lunar New Year holiday next week, offering to pay them up to HK$3,900 (US$500) a day, the Post has learned. A memo sent out to retired members by the Civil Service Bureau on Tuesday said that due of the swift spread of Covid-19 in the community, it was very likely that the government would need to mount several lockdowns and compulsory testing operations, which would require a large amount of manpower and support. It stated that duties would include: “Visiting units of high-risk buildings,...
