Hong Kong fourth wave: former city leader Tung Chee-hwa urges administration to ‘just do it' – mandatory, citywide Covid-19 testing

Hong Kong's first chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, has urged the local government to move forward with mandatory, citywide coronavirus screenings to combat the Covid-19 pandemic – a move repeatedly rejected by its incumbent leader.“Why don't we just do it? Convince everybody to come along with it. It's not difficult,” he said on Tuesday. “Do it, think it through … it can be done.”Tung, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the call at the South China…

Hong Kong fourth wave: former city leader Tung Chee-hwa urges administration to ‘just do it' – mandatory, citywide Covid-19 testing
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