Officials hope to attract foreign tourists, businesses and talent back to the city after economy shrank by 3.5 per cent last year and 120,000 residents moved overseas
Speaking at an event for the new “Happy Hong Kong” campaign last week, the city’s secretary for home and youth affairs Alice Mak said the government wanted “to put a smile on everyone’s face.”
But after Macao on Monday dropped requirements for people to be masked outdoors, Hong Kong finally caved to public pressure. From Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee said, the mask mandate will be dropped. Unlike the city’s smaller neighbour, there will be no staged relaxation, though businesses, schools and hospitals can still request people cover their faces.
“We hope that tomorrow, March 1, will be a better day. We can all show our smiles and say ‘Hello Hong Kong’,” Mr. Lo said, referring to another government campaign recently launched to attract foreign tourists, businesses and talent back to the city, in part by giving away some 700,000 airline tickets.
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