Give HK A Chance To Win, Pleads An Emotional CE

An emotional Carrie Lam on Monday came down heavily on those breaking self-quarantine rules, saying their lack of restraint is putting the whole of Hong Kong at risk.

“I urge those who want to violate the home quarantine orders, and those who still head out for their social lives, please rethink if you can restrain yourself for a while, till Hong Kong has a chance to win this battle,” a visibly emotional Chief Executive said during a media briefing.

Lam said the acts of a few would lay to waste to tireless work done by doctors, nurses and other health workers in preventing a large-scale outbreak in the city,

“These colleagues have determinedly fought the battle for over two months. If a small number of people deliberately violate the home quarantine order – to play ball games or get a bowl of noodles, it can lead to a community outbreak. I want to ask them if they could face our colleagues?”

The CE said Hong Kong has kept its door open to all residents even if they had been in highly affected areas, such as Wuhan.

“While we now have some imported cases, we have never rejected Hong Kong residents from returning, no matter whether they are students studying in the US, UK, France or Germany; travellers on the Japan cruise or those stranded in Hubei. We are very willing to fetch them back,” she said.

“But when we help them return, everybody needs to obey the rules, and accept the consequence if they don’t,” she said.