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Old Nov 20, 2021 | 6:01 pm
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Originally Posted by Singapore_Air
Whilst I totally sympathise with the pilots and obviously the Hong Kong rules are insane / stupid, all of us in Asia are having to adhere to COVID-theatre rules whether we like them or not so if they did breach by going out of their hotel rooms then they would have been smart enough to know there would be consequences if they unfortunately got caught / worse, spread COVID back home in Hong Kong.
Ours is completely over-the-top, and "not set here". Even the rules set by PAP on your side makes more sense from here.
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Old Nov 20, 2021 | 9:36 pm
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Originally Posted by brunos
Apparently, it is over 150 crew plus many hundreds close contacts.
If that happened in Hong Kong, the pilots would indeed be jailed. Hence, being fired is a rather light sentence according to HK standards.
Govt said the three will be prosecuted - for misstatements to health officials. Not sure if they were required to attest they were compliant with company policy on arrival, but they certainly made misstatements to health officials after being tested positive. Given Govt policy (policy which I do not agree with), the three will be made an example of.
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Old Nov 20, 2021 | 11:09 pm
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These 3 are the unlucky one who tested positive and thus got caught.

how many are not caught breaking the rules?

I tot the pilots were issue room keys for one time use only ?
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Old Nov 21, 2021 | 12:32 am
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Originally Posted by sbs2716g
These 3 are the unlucky one who tested positive and thus got caught.

how many are not caught breaking the rules?

I tot the pilots were issue room keys for one time use only ?
Hong Kong hotels. Not sure every crew hotel worldwide does this, particularly in jurisdictions that decide to live with Covid.
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Old Nov 21, 2021 | 5:51 pm
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https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2...d-for-21-days/ this is an article on the quarantine camp
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Old Nov 23, 2021 | 2:32 am
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It's insane. I know so many people leaving HK now, and sitting in Europe nobody wants to go near it anymore for business or pleasure. How much longer can CX survive this?

Maybe it's all part of the plan.
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Old Nov 23, 2021 | 5:48 am
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Originally Posted by 1010101
It's insane. I know so many people leaving HK now, and sitting in Europe nobody wants to go near it anymore for business or pleasure. How much longer can CX survive this?

Maybe it's all part of the plan.
It's part of the crazy "zero covid" plan pushed by China, and hence HK must follow. Nothing to do with wiping out CX - CX prob wasn't even on their minds when they pushed this zero covid strategy - but they won't mind grabbing control of CX from Swire if it happens. Just an added "plus" to take back some control from the "foreign devils".
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Old Nov 23, 2021 | 7:33 am
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Originally Posted by CX HK
It's part of the crazy "zero covid" plan pushed by China, and hence HK must follow. Nothing to do with wiping out CX - CX prob wasn't even on their minds when they pushed this zero covid strategy - but they won't mind grabbing control of CX from Swire if it happens. Just an added "plus" to take back some control from the "foreign devils".
I was thinking more along the lines of wiping out HK, or at least turning it into an irrelevant suburb of the Guangzhou megacity.
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Old Nov 24, 2021 | 5:22 am
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Originally Posted by 1010101
I was thinking more along the lines of wiping out HK, or at least turning it into an irrelevant suburb of the Guangzhou megacity.
Then you're thinking of the National Security Law instead, which achieves what you listed out.
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Old Nov 24, 2021 | 11:04 pm
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At this stage, I'm not sure there can be any serious doubt that the gameplan is both to wipe-out CX and also to isolate HK into irrelevance. I suspect HK has always been an anathema to Xi.
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Old Nov 25, 2021 | 10:17 pm
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Originally Posted by feh
And now this reported in the Standard. Seriously starting to wonder how much longer CX will be around...

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/break...o-call-in-sick
Reuters goes further, calling it revolt

Locked in hotels: Hong Kong's COVID-19 rules take mental toll on Cathay pilots
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...ts-2021-11-26/
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