Friday, 31 July 2020

Un-good trends in Hong Kong

Several today:
1. A new daily high of new cases, 149.
2. A swag of pan-Dems disqualified from September Legco elections. Under the new National Security Law. So much for the hopes it would be used with a light hand. Many of those disqualified I don’t have any time for. Joshua Wong, for example. But that’s not the point. Which is… once this has been swallowed and absorbed, what, who next?
3. Retail sales down 33%.  Desperate tenants send mayday. Jobless rate doubles.
4. UPS joins FedEx in demanding the “right” not to fly to Hong Kong because of quarantine restrictions.
It’s hot and wet.  Basil is old and tired …


Elsewhere: A hiker killed in a fall on Basalt Island — we’ve sailed around the island many times. Very rugged. Sad tale…