🌊 President Xi to make Handover visit

Quarantine hotel rooms get even PRICIER

Good morning.

Following on our recently-found tradition of keeping tabs on Cyril’s travel woes, let’s see what he’s up to:

Cyril Ma @Cyrildoesthings

Low level early morning meme thx

— Jasmine Lee

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• Politics | Xi Jinping confirms his attendance at Hong Kong’s handover celebrations. A hospital alliance disbands and HK’s main journalism association makes the ability to disband easier.

• COVID-19 | Quarantine hotel room prices skyrocket, while plans to have COVID-specific facilities are in the works.

• Crime | A high-profile national security case is adjourned once again, while two people are arrested for a potential bomb plot.