The fifth wave of the epidemic has stabilized slightly. Although the authorities had advised the public to stick to the epidemic prevention measures earlier, the third day of the Easter holiday and on Sunday, the citizens who were tired of fighting the epidemic seized the opportunity and went out to play. Food is full”, leaving the epidemic prevention measures behind! Whether it is the Central Ferry Terminal preparing to take a ferry to the outlying islands, or the West Kowloon Cultural District in the urban area, or Wu Kaisha Haixing Bay, it is also crowded with people. While tourists are happy, they neglect epidemic prevention. They fail to maintain sufficient social distance and wear masks, which increases the risk of spreading the disease, which may cause the number of confirmed cases to rise once more.
Our reporter went to the Central Pier for inspection yesterday morning. Following the crowds at the pier in the first two days of the holiday, there were still a large number of citizens preparing to go to outlying islands yesterday. There are a lot of people outside the piers to Cheung Chau, Yung Shue Wan and Sok Kwu Wan on Lamma Island and other places. There are a family, couples, the elderly and foreign domestic helpers waiting to take a boat to the outlying islands. Among them, Cheung Chau is the most popular, and it is at the pier. There is an endless stream of tourists entering the lock to board the boat.
Crowd gathering, social distancing, forgetting
At the ferry terminal to Cheung Chau, there were 50 or 60 people queuing at one time, and the Octopus payment bells at the gate at the terminal were one following another. On the other hand, although the weather has turned slightly cooler recently, it does not prevent citizens from digging for clams on the outdoor beach. Mr. Li, a citizen, lives near Haixing Bay, Wu Kaisha, Ma On Shan. He heard that a lot of people have come to dig clams in Haixing Bay recently. From time to time, there are illegal parking of vehicles blocking the road. He passed the place at 3 o’clock yesterday and saw a large number of people at the scene. Gather, more than 100 people gathered at peak times, and some even set up tents to rest on the beach. Another member of the public pointed out that a lot of people also came to dig clams the day before yesterday at Shui Hau Wan on Lantau Island. Citizens in both places “returned full”, leaving buckets full of clams, which may become an ecological disaster.
Tent on grass in West Kowloon Cultural District
In Kowloon, yesterday followingnoon near dusk, a large number of citizens still gathered in the open space of the West Kowloon Cultural District by the seaside and on the grass. Some people took their pet dogs for a walk, some children were riding bicycles, and some people set up tents on the grass to rest and “remove the hood”. ” For a picnic, the entire meadow was almost “not spared”, and it was all crowded with people. There were uniformed staff members in the district who accompanied signs to exhort citizens to maintain social distance and wear masks, but they frequently “eat lemons” and were ignored.
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(Photo by Li Zhiyong)
