Problematic tax legislation is causing irreparable damage to exporter cash flows and the local economy, as one-sided laws balanced against taxpayers continue to impede growth and deter foreign investors. According to Ernest Lai King, Managing Director of 1 Road Consulting and a consultant at law firms, deficiencies in the country’s Value-Added Tax (VAT) Act regarding VAT audits have resulted in the endless withholding of VAT refunds, violating taxpayers’ constitutional rights to fair administration.
City leader Carrie Lam says the city has increased its isolation capacity, and no longer needs the public and transitional housing units to accommodate patients.
Hong Kong police arrested a 27-year-old man on Thursday (March 17) on suspicion of throwing faeces inside an isolation facility for Covid-19 patients in Fanling. A force insider said the suspect, who claimed to be a waiter, was undergoing quarantine from last Saturday until Tuesday at a room on 39/F of Block 1 in Queen’s Hill Estate, a public housing.