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Officials in protective closing work at a Covid-19 testing station following a recent cluster of coronavirus cases, at the Kwai Chung housing estate in Hong Kong, January 27, 2022. — AFP pic
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HONG KONG, Jan 31 — Hong Kong’s Secretary for Home Affairs Caspar Tsui, who recently attended the birthday party of a delegate to China’s legislature, where two of the nearly 200 guests tested positive for Covid-19, resigned today, effective immediately.
Tsui said he had made a wrong decision to attend the banquet on January 3 when all efforts should have been devoted to controlling the spread of the virus.
Tsui was among 15 officials who attended the 53rd birthday of Witman Hung, a city delegate to the national legislature, before new Covid-19 restrictions came into force, but after Lam appealed to Hong Kong people to avoid large gatherings. — Reuters