CoronavirusTop Hong Kong public figures quarantined after birthday party
Politicians and officials isolated and shamed for flouting virus restrictions
The spartan quarantine facility at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island was completed last year as part of Hong Kong's COVID-19 pandemic response. © Reuters
PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer
January 7, 2022 22:10 JST
HONG KONG -- More than two dozen Hong Kong politicians and top government officials, including the city's immigration chief, were ordered on Friday into a spartan quarantine facility at Penny's Bay on Lantau Island after they were exposed to suspected COVID-19 cases at a birthday party.