i was speaking to a Cathay Pilot on the logistics. Remember for a long haul pilot flying hours is a factor. I would love to think common sense will prevail but I’ll be nervously flying to UK in December through Finnair. At least their customer service is second to none and they are One World partner so I’m guessing my worst case would be Cathay return (at FinnAir business class rate). I allowed myself a little luxury seeing as it is one rather than 3-4 trips per year which would be the norm.
I find people who comment that HK's internal restrctions mean we have a "normal life" here to be puzzling in the extreme. I would have previously attended numerous conferences, in person, as part of my work in a year (including some in HK /Macau). This last 2 years, nada. Similarly, business meetings/lunches/breakfasts .. nada. Mask wearing everywhere so that I cannot hear what people say, or be understood, and am drenched in sweat when I step outside.... this is NOT normal. I don't use BBQ pits but every time I walk past one (which is daily) it reminds me of the idiocy of the place. I miss my jacuzzi and the water jets in the pool. But possibly most importantly, the FEAR of testing/going to Penny Bay/ being incarcerated in hospital.... those have been a constant for so long... and while the risk is low, the impact is huge, NONE of this is normal. HK is just NOT normal. So while I agree that the border issue is a dead duck, I do think we have some hope of getting a few minor concessions if we keep reminding gov of their current idiocy.
With active cases in nearly every province China seems to be doing very well keeping these isolated clusters to have limited community spread.
When the boundary does open will HK'ers need to isolate if they return from a city with infections in the community?
The Wuhan playbook won't be enough to contain Delta... Feels that there's a fair chance China gets bounced out of zero covid in the next couple of months (just like Australia). Of course this all coincides nicely with some apparent progress on opening the border to Guangdong... or Singapore bubble 3.0 as it should be called
Melbourne has been the worlds most locked down city, with 262 days of lockdown on 6 separate occasions since March 2020. Buenos Aires comes in second with 234 days straight.Original Post Deleted
How about 139 days straight of curfew (aka Marshall Law)?
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cana...w-in-late-may/