{"id":1408875,"date":"2022-03-30T01:14:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T05:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408875"},"modified":"2022-03-30T01:15:04","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T05:15:04","slug":"hong-kong-leader-says-citys-brain-drain-unarguable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hong-kong-leader-says-citys-brain-drain-unarguable\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong leader says city\u2019s brain drain \u2018unarguable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhong-kong-leader-says-citys-brain-drain-unarguable%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1408875&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/2022-03-30T042639Z_2_LYNXNPEI2T053_RTROPTP_0_HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS-HONGKONG_1.jpg\" alt=\"Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters&#039; questions during a news conference in Hong Kong\" \/><br \/>FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters&#8217; questions during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, March 21, 2022. Vincent Yu\/Pool via REUTERS\/File Photo<\/div>\n<p>March 30, 2022<\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG (Reuters) \u2013     Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said it was \u201cunarguable\u201d that the global financial hub was seeing a brain drain due to stringent coronavirus rules, but said she valued the city\u2019s international status and envisioned a \u201cbetter development\u201d after the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lam\u2019s comments come amid a backlash from businesses and residents who see the rest of the world shifting to living with the virus while Hong Kong officially sticks to a \u201cdynamic zero\u201d COVID-19 strategy which seeks to curb all outbreaks as soon as they occur.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Lam said no one valued the international status of Hong Kong more than herself, but the government had to adopt anti-pandemic measures to protect residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThese measures have certain influence on corporates and individuals, although we don\u2019t have a figure\u2026it\u2019s an unarguable fact that we have a brain drain and some senior management of some corporates have left Hong Kong,\u201d she told a daily news briefing on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is Hong Kong keeps its advantages. I believe after the pandemic, Hong Kong can have a better development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lam said \u201cstreamlining\u201d certain measures, including lifting a ban on flights from nine countries and reducing quarantine for arrivals from abroad, would help ease concerns about the city\u2019s international status.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 At the start of this year, Hong Kong implemented its most draconian measures since the pandemic began over two years ago, frustrating many residents who have been largely compliant with various COVID regulations in the hope of resuming travel internationally and with the mainland. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hong Kong\u2019s border has effectively been shut since 2020 with few flights able to land and hardly any passengers allowed to transit, isolating a city that had built a reputation as a global financial and travel hub.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lam\u2019s comments come just weeks before the city is due to hold an election on May 8 to choose who will lead the territory for the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She declined to comment on whether she will run for a new term.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The rules, together with mixed messaging from the government including whether a citywide lockdown and mass testing would take place, have triggered an exodus of residents in the past two months. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The former British colony has reported more than 1.1 million coronavirus infections and more than 7,500 deaths, most of them occurring in the past five weeks.<\/p>\n<p> (Reporting by Farah Master and Jessie Pang; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam listens to reporters&#8217; questions during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, March 21, 2022. 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