Bankers marooned in Hong Kong learn to adapt

Hong Kong’s harsh quarantine rules could stay for another year – and possibly longer. So could China’s. Bankers aren’t happy, but they’ve learned to adapt.

When will Hong Kong ease its harsh Covid quarantine laws and begin to open up again to the world?

“There are two schools of thought,” says a Hong Kong-based private banker. “A lot of white-collar workers casually say March 2022. Locals shake their head – they think nothing will happen until next November.”

A casual Monday call-around of a dozen bankers, analysts and wealth managers secured a wide range of answers.

There was one bold “March 2022, definitely” and two “spring 2022s”.

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