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When the time for the resumption of work in the mainland enterprises has been repeatedly delayed, Feng Zhuo’s company, “Hong Kong Drifting”, has asked her to fill out a “Spring Festival Outbound Survey” form, and there is no more movement.
In fact, because of the differences in the arrangements for the Chinese New Year holidays between Hong Kong and the Mainland, the earliest group of colleagues who ended the Chinese New Year holidays had resumed work as early as the fourth day of the new year. Hundreds of messages pour into the work group every day, and the “New Coronary Pneumonia Report” that is broadcast on TV every few hours, like two parallel worlds that are unrelated. Only when she stood in the middle, which side did she go to? She has no answer.
Recommended as soon as possible
“If there are still colleagues who have not returned to Hong Kong from various departments, it is recommended to change the ticket to return to Hong Kong in advance, and work at home for 14 days before isolation.
At the end of the long wait, it was an almost opposite result. ThisThe message shown as “@ 一个 人” was shown to her alone.
For less than five minutes after the news was sent out, Feng Zhuo hadn’t had time to consult with his partner who had resumed work, and the private letter of the administrative colleague had popped up. She is the only one left in the whole department and she hopes she will go back as soon as possible, otherwise “it will be more troublesome to handle.”
Feng Zhuo naturally understood what the company meant. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed rail, which has suspended its services early, reduced half of the mainland to Hong Kong flights and cross-border buses, and the gradually closed ports all point to a common possibility: Hong Kong will “completely close customs at any time” “.
And once “comprehensive customs clearance” becomes a reality, Feng Zhuo may not be able to go to work for up to three months. How these three months are defined, she has no say. Feng Zhuo’s experience of communicating with the school’s functional departments during her student years made Feng Zhuo understand that in Hong Kong, where “rules are paramount”, “special events and special services” and “communication” are almost dead points.
Uncertain “compulsory quarantine”
On the afternoon of February 5th, Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yue’e announced that from the early morning of February 8th, all people entering from the Mainland need to undergo compulsory quarantine for 14 days.
As soon as the news came out, Feng Zhuo keenly realized that the possibility of her “three-month unpaid leave” that she was most worried about was regarded as the temporary alarm being lifted. But new problems followed-the original date of February 9 was the second day of this compulsory quarantine.
How to enforce quarantine? The specific measures that have not been announced yet have given the public more room for speculation. There are people who pull to the hospital or a certain house and village for unified quarantine, and there are people who quarantine at home. Under the divergence of opinions, Feng Zhuo’s big rock that just landed in the heart is suspended again.
Feng Zhuo keeps refreshing flight information. Her scheduled flight showed no sign of cancellation, but the flight back to Hong Kong before February 8 had a large area of ”cancellation” or “no ticket”. Some even sold tickets the day before yesterday, and by then they had disappeared from the flight list.
In other words, less and less time and space is left for her to make decisions.
Feng Zhuo finally decided to change the sign. And what made her finally determined was the joke of the little friends about “pulling you to the hospital together.” At that time, there were less than 10 confirmed cases in Feng Zhuo’s hometown. The family of three responded to the call and tried to avoid going out. The chance of infection was minimal. She felt that once she had to return to Hong KongPeople closed and isolated together, but suddenly became a high-risk group.
So she quickly changed her ticket for the afternoon of the 7th and decided to return to Hong Kong before the “compulsory quarantine” took effect. “The only thing is that there is a snack that hurts money.” Xu is because of the surge in demand for returning to Hong Kong before the 8th, and the price of air tickets has risen with the increase in the price. She laughed and said that before the year-end bonus was hot, she contributed to the airline.
“Loss is big”
On the afternoon of the 7th, the Hong Kong government announced the specific measures in the last few hours before the “compulsory quarantine” came into effect. The “centralized isolation” that was expected across the board did not appear. In fact, according to Feng Zhuo, she only needed to declare her address and phone number, and then stay at home for 14 days.
Feng Zhuo received the message after he landed in Hong Kong, “I knew that the policy was so lenient, so I don’t need to worry.” What made her even more cried was that the information she received later showed that it was strictly prohibited during the quarantine period. When you go out, as long as you call the staff of the Hong Kong Social Welfare Department, the other party can match a set of fresh and delicious, nutritionally balanced ingredients, free of charge, and provide door-to-door service. In the days when she lived at home, she often saw that her friends who enjoyed this treatment praised the staff of the SWD, and she vowed in her heart that she “lost her wife and lost her soldiers.”
However, she can’t think much about it now. The number of confirmed patients in Hong Kong has been rising in the little half month since she left, and masks, disinfectant alcohol, and even instant noodles and quick-frozen dumplings have become the “strategic materials” that everyone is rushing to buy . In order to ensure basic living needs during home isolation, Feng Zhuo put down his luggage and rushed to the supermarket to purchase.
However, more unexpected things await her.