The people who were locked down are not criminals – they only have the misfortune of living in cramped flats, the responsibility for which is to be laid squarely at the government’s door.
Hong Kong’s targeted lockdowns have brought to light neglected pockets where the poor suffer inhumane living conditions, and we must not look away. It is because of our collective nonchalance that the city has become increasingly unliveable.
Hong Kong lockdown: experts ask if drastic step needed after only 13 coronavirus cases uncovered; city logs 73 infections
The government has defended the move to seal off Jordan neighbourhood for screening, but several academics doubt the operation was worth it
As life returned to normal for the residents, authorities’ focus shifts to the large Laguna City private housing estate, where an outbreak may be spreading upwards