Hong Kong’s central banking executives reportedly paid out of their own pocket to send wine and expensive food to quarantined financial executives in the hopes of making them «less angry» with the city.
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) put together a team to deliver «wine and gourmet» food to quarantined workers from the financial sector, according to local media reports citing HKMA chief Eddie Yue.
Separately, a spokesperson for HKMA confirmed that «confectionaries» were sent to «a handful of executives under quarantine as a token of personal regards» at the personal expense of senior executives themselves.
The move to placate bankers occurs in the midst of the Hong Kong government’s persistent zero-Covid policy which has caused dissatisfaction amongst traveling businesspeople due to its strict regime which includes a 21-day quarantine.
More recently, authorities have added the U.S. and, reportedly, the U.K. to the strictest classification – 7-day government quarantine followed by 14-day hotel quarantine alongside frequent testing – after one and two cases, respectively, were found from the countries.
