SCMP - ‘ Coronavirus crisis means Hong Kong’s ‘rainy day’ is here: where is the help for the newly jobless?’

UPDATE (7/4/20): my letter published with headline above, today. It’s a bit of a glimpse of the obvious, but oh well…(the links were added by the Editors):

I fully agree with Francis Cheung’s commentary (“Coronavirus threatens Hong Kong’s very future if it cannot protect livelihoods along with lives”, April 5). Over the years, financial secretaries have told us we need to save our huge monetary reserves for “a rainy day”. Well, in case they haven’t noticed, it’s pouring now, it’s a veritable typhoon.

So where on earth is the help for those thrown out of work
 because of the emergency? The help for small businesses? For mom-and-pop stores?

Time to deploy those financial umbrellas post-haste, and in a big way.

Peter Forsythe, Discovery Bay