Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (HKSAR) e wehe i kekahi o kāna mau mea paʻa COVID-19 i ka makahiki i hala, ma hope o ke alakaʻi ʻana o Beijing i ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā kulekele zero-Covid, akā ua hoʻomau ʻia ka ʻaʻahu ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale. no ka nui o na makahiki ekolu i hala.

Akā e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā ʻapōpō, ʻo kekahi o nā metropolises nui hope loa e hoʻomau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kahi kauoha hoʻohana mask e hoʻopau i ke kulekele.

I kēia mau lā, nui nā hui ʻoihana kūloko a me nā kamaʻāina i hōʻike i ka hoʻohewa ʻana i nā palena palekana COVID-19 o Hong Kong ma waena o nā hopohopo o ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole e loaʻa iā lākou i ka hoʻokūkū honua, a me ke kūlana o ke kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana kālā honua.

ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ka hoʻololi kulekele, e hoʻomaka ana i ka lā Malaki 1, i hana ʻia i kēia lā e ke alakaʻi o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo John Lee, ka mea i ʻōlelo e ʻimi nei ʻo Hong Kong e hoʻomau i ka huki ʻana i nā ʻoihana honua a me nā mākaʻikaʻi, a ʻo ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kauoha mask e hāʻawi i ka hoʻonui i ka hoʻomohala waiwai. i ka HK Kūikawā Māhele.

"Aia ka pilikia holoʻokoʻa," i hoʻolaha ʻia e ka luna nui o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻaha kūkā o kēia lā. "He manawa kūpono kēia e hoʻopau piha ai i ke kauoha mask."

"Ke hoʻomaka nei mākou e hoʻomau i ka maʻamau maʻamau, a he mea maikaʻi loa ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai, kā mākou hoʻokūkū honua, a me kā mākou mau hana e pili ana i nā poʻe āpau ma Hong Kong," wahi a Lee.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo hope loa inā makemake ʻia nā uhi maka ma nā wahi koʻikoʻi o ke kūlanakauhale e like me nā hale hoʻomaha a i ʻole nā hale mālama makua e waiho ʻia i nā luna hoʻomalu kūloko.

Hiki mai ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kulekele kūlanakauhale ma hope o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻolaha hoʻolaha 'Hello Hong Kong' i hoʻolālā ʻia e huki ? ecia a me ke kālepa honua i ka Special Administrative Region ma hope o ka hakakā ʻana o nā ʻāpana ʻelua mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i ka makahiki 2020.

Wahi a nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale, ua loaʻa iā Hong Kong ma luna o 500,000 malihini kipa i Ianuali - he helu ʻekolu manawa kiʻekiʻe ma mua o Dekemaba 2022.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kahi ʻāpana hoʻokele kūikawā o Kina, ʻo Macau, i ka hopena pule e hoʻopau ia i ka pono o ka mask facial ma 'nā wahi he nui,' koe wale nō nā 'wahi kiʻekiʻe' a me nā ʻoihana kaʻa lehulehu.

ʻAʻole koi ʻia nā kamaʻāina o Mainland China e ʻaʻahu i nā masks, akā paipai ʻia e hana pēlā ma nā wahi ākea ākea.

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The announcement of the policy change, which takes effect on March 1, was made today by the city's leader John Lee, who said that Hong Kong seeks to resume attracting international enterprise and tourism, and ditching the mask mandate will provide a boost to economic development in the HK Special Administrative Region.
The drastic city policy changes come after the launch of the ‘Hello Hong Kong' promotional campaign which is designed to attract tourism and international commerce to the Special Administrative Region after both sectors struggled since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Recently, many local business groups and citizens had expressed criticism of Hong Kong's COVID-19 safety restrictions amid concerns of the negative impact they would have on international competitiveness, as well as to city's standing as a global financial hub.