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Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong

Hong Kong government enforced a mandatory home quarantine on January 22, 2022 for around 2,700 residents of Yat Kwai House at Kwai Chung public housing Estate. Residents are prohibited from leaving the complex, and are required to undergo daily compulsory virus testing until January 26, 2022.

This attempt to close off an apartment complex for 120 hours is unprecedented in Hong Kong, and has caused tremendous nuisance to local households.

As obedient residents rushed for mandatory testing, long waiting lines were seen at makeshift COVID-19 testing stations outside residential building.

When asked if residents placed under lockdown would be given compensation for lost wages, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said, “It is not a question of compensation.”

She brushed aside criticism, but stressed that she is grateful for the “sacrifice” of citizens to support the Government’s pursuit of “zero covid” strategy.

On the first day of the five-day lockdown, 96 people at Yat Kwai House had tested positive or preliminary positive, including residents, visitors, and a cleaner.

Source: First Hand; #Jan22
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Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"

Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31985

#KwaiChungLockdown #Omicron Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"

A day after Hong Kong authorities forced two residential buildings at Kwai Chung Housing Estate into a 5-day lockdown, and at least another 4 in the same complex to undergo overnight lockdown for mandatory COVID-19 testing, the city's Chief Executive Carrie Lam paid a brief "visit" to those affected in the afternoon on January 23, 2022.

Lam was accompanied by Chief Secretary John Lee, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan, as well as bodyguards and government staff. The group of around a dozen were seen looking up occasionally at buildings that were put under lockdown for mass testing.

Angry residents were heard shouting insults at Lam asking her to stop putting on a show, while another man telling them to leave the "dangerous" area.

Others hurled obscenities at the officials, challenging them to "experience being trapped for 5 days".

Lam and her accompanying officials posed for government photographs, but did not answer reporters' questions. The group left the housing estate in only 15 minutes.

Source: inmediahk; #Jan23
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Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate

Thousands of residents at Kwai Chung Housing Estate were forced to undergo immediate and ongoing daily COVID-19 tests at makeshift testing stations, after authorities placed two buildings under a mandatory 5-day lockdown and at least 4 other buildings under overnight lockdown.

Over 10,000 residents live in the 4 buildings locked down for the overnight COVID-19 testing. However, only 4 makeshift testing booths were set up.

There was, however, no arrangement for residents to be tested in batches. This caused overcrowding at lift lobbies and elevators, as many headed out for their tests at the same time. A photo of elevator CCTV showed around a dozen people squeezing into elevators; the photo has since gone viral on social media.

Long, winding queues formed as residents filed patiently into the courtyard for their tests. Residents said that the queue snaked through some narrow passageways, and those returning home after tests had to go back the same way, squeezing past the long queue.

No social distancing measures were employed, residents said, and they feared that this virus testing would instead spread the virus even further.

Source: Whats News Media, #Jan22
https://www.whatsnewsmedia.com/6467/22/06/43/

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What is Hong Kong Government's real intention behind locking down residential buildings?

Elsewhere in Hong Kong on Sunday (January 23, 2022), hundreds of camping tents were seen in Victoria Park, where domestic helpers meet and socialize as usual on their day off.

Source : Local press Hong Kong; #Jan23
https://t.me/localpresshk/20554

See also:
Radical Lockdown Strategy Affecting 2,700 Residents in Grassroot Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31982

Frustrated Kwai Chung Residents Hurl Abuses at Top Officials During "Visit"
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31985

Chaotic Mass Testing Stokes Fear of Rampant Virus Spread at Kwai Chung Estate
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31994


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