Weak community links? Hong Kong pays the price for wrecking district-level bodies, putting politics first in coronavirus battle, observers say

It was a rare moment when Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor admitted last week to shortcomings in handling the city’s Omicron-fuelled fifth wave of Covid-19 infections.Announcing that a controversial mass testing exercise for the entire population would be suspended, she cited the city’s “very weak” community mobilisation capabilities.The need to mobilise has been in the air since pro-Beijing newspapers quoted President Xi Jinping saying a month ago that Lam’s administration…

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