In Asia's Isolated City, #HK recorded a record low 465 passenger arrivals at all ports on the last day of the year of the Ox, 31-Jan, including just 100 at the airport, the second-lowest on record after 95 on 26-Apr-2021, but...1/2
The all-ports record was beaten again yesterday, 1-Feb, when just 282 passengers arrived, comprising only 86 at Shenzhen Bay (a record low), 161 at the airport and 35 on the HKZM Bridge. webb-site.com/dbpub/hkpax.asp 2/2.
More people (102) tested positive on 31-Jan (reported 1-Feb) after local transmission than arrived at the airport (100). That's probably a record too. At some point soon, there is no longer any point in an inbound quarantine requirement.
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Legislator Paul Tse asks Govt today about the HK Club's Central site, implying some sort of sweetheart deal, and gets a rather uninformative answer, so let's help him out... info.gov.hk/gia/general/20…
The Club purchased the 999-year lease (the normal duration then) on Marine Lot 274, in a Public Auction at 3pm on 20-Feb-1894, with a reserve price of HK$52,800...
It sold for $52,825. By comparison, in Nov-1894 Governor Sir William Robinson estimated that total Govt revenue for 1894 would be $2,186,506 (Hansard, 28-Nov-1894) . So the land premium on this prime site was about 2.42% of Govt revenue for the year...legco.gov.hk/1894-95/h94112…