"Little or no" vax protection against Omicron BA.5

COVID-19 infection before 2022 offers little protection against Omicron, study finds | CP24 - Chris Herhalt:

July 12, 2002 - Vaccination or recovery from a COVID-19 infection prior to 2022 provides little or no protection from getting infected again in the Omicron era, a new study completed largely by Toronto researchers found.

"The group used blood samples from hospitalized COVID-19 patients to develop a new modular, adaptable blood test known as NEU-SATiN. They compared it to several other more expensive, slower, established tests and found it could accurately detect the concentration of neutralizing antibodies in blood, regardless of which variant the patient was infected with, in 30 minutes or less. But it showed the antibodies generated from vaccination or recovery from Alpha or Delta variants circulating prior to 2022 barely register against Omicron.

"'What it says if you had a natural infection or were vaccinated, you are likely protected against the variant you had,' study contributor Dr. Shawn Owen from the University of Utah told CP24. 'But what it also says is that it doesn’t give you protection either way for later strains, especially the Omicron variant.'

"The test could detect medically significant levels of neutralizing antibodies in vaccinated or recovered patients, even more than fifty days after receipt of their last dose. Researchers took those samples and compared them to samples of Omicron-infected patients collected later on and found 'almost all samples' of blood from infected patients 'were ineffective at neutralizing the Omicron variants.... Our results also suggest that prior infection/vaccination does not provide significant neutralizing protection against the (Omicron) variant,' study authors wrote.

Graphs courtesy Nature

"The new test detects the level of neutralizing antibodies developed against SARS-COV-2 post-infection, using commonly available lab implements, and it can be adjusted to detect each new variant that emerges. Owen said the test is built in such a way that one can make a new version of it for 'each one of the variants” that emerges and becomes dominant.

He said that the study also found that there are advantages to acquiring immunity, even for a short period of time, through vaccination rather than recovery from infection. 'It also says that you can get protection from becoming infected but you’re going to get sick in order to do that. So a vaccine is probably a better choice to avoid that and get the same protection.'

"Even with the study’s findings, infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch says that neutralizing antibodies are only one part of the body’s immune system. 'We’ve got multiple arms and multiple branches of our immune system to protect us against COVID-19, especially in those people who are vaccinated and up to date with their vaccination and of course even in people who have been infected and have recovered from infection, so it’s not like this puts us back to square one whatsoever”

"Ontario health officials have said that the BA.5 Omicron subvariant, which is believed to be even more infectious than previous strains, now accounts for more than 60 per cent of all infections in the province and is driving a new wave of the pandemic."

Read more: https://www.cp24.com/news/covid-19-infection-before-2022-offers-little-protection-against-omicron-study-finds-1.5984158

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Canadian taxpayers subsidizing world's largest cricket farm

If Canadians wanted to eat crickets, we wouldn’t be forced to subsidize the cricket farm | Western Standard - Karen Selick:

July 3, 2022 - "I know a Canadian man who lives in Thailand. He teaches English as his primary occupation, but he and his wife also have a 'hobby farm' raising crickets.... When the insects are ready for harvesting, his wife — a Thai native — fries them up with popular Thai seasonings. The crickets are then sold as snacks.... For Thais, eating insects isn’t novel. Take a look at some of the other mouth-watering delicacies they eat: bamboo worms, silkworms, grasshoppers and giant water bugs....

Takoradee, Deep-fried insects for sale in Bangkok, Thailand, 2006. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.

"Thais aren’t the only people in the world who eat insects.... Recently, however, it has been announced that Canada, of all places - where I’ve lived all my life and have never known anyone to eat crickets - will become home to the world's largest cricket farm, newly built in London, Ontario by Aspire Food Group. The company’s CEO, Mohammed Ashour, predicts that North Americans will soon join two billion other people on the planet who, he claims, already eat insects.

"Note, though, that the world’s insect-eaters are almost all in third-world countries.... The Thai restaurants I’ve been to in North America offer beef, pork, shrimp and chicken on the menu, but I’ve never seen one offer worms, grasshoppers or crickets. People eat bugs primarily when they can’t afford more appetizing forms of protein. I checked with a friend in the nearby but much wealthier country of Singapore. He ... told me that, no, he has never seen anyone selling crickets. Singapore’s per capita GDP is seven times that of Thailand. Even Malaysians, who live right next door to Thailand but have a GDP per capita that’s 54% higher, don’t eat crickets, although there are apparently insect agriculture start-ups gearing up right now, just as in Canada. I wonder why.

"Aspire’s enormous spanking-new plant has been subsidized by a million-dollar award (the Hult Prize) received from the United Nations. As well, the company appears to have received $16.8 million from Canadian taxpayers through something called NGen (Next Generation Manufacturing Canada). It looks as though that’s just the first instalment, however; the project total for the 'insect protein supply chain in Canada' is shown on NGen’s website as $73 million.

"Aspire’s website acknowledges that it also received a third government grant, namely $10 million from SDTC (Sustainable Development Technology Canada) in June 2020.  SDTC describes itself as 'a foundation created by the Government of Canada in 2001 to invest in clean technologies that address climate change, air quality, clean water and clean soil'....

"A search for 'crickets' in this database of Canadian Government Grants and Contributions revealed 24 separate grants totaling $13.8 million for food-related purposes, including another $8.5 million for Aspire Food Group under something called the AgriInnovate Program. As a taxpayer, I object strenuously to this use of my money for the manipulation of people’s eating habits.  If people wanted to eat crickets, they’d buy them without any need for subsidies. If they don’t want to, they shouldn’t be continually pushed into doing so, with their own tax dollars doing the pushing.

"As far as the environment is concerned, there are other, non-coercive ways of making agriculture more productive while improving the environment. Farmer Joel Salatin of the famous Polyface Farm has lectured and written about this for decades. His method of regenerative agriculture restores land fertility while producing five times as much per acre as the neighbouring farms in his county. Regenerative Salatin-style farms are popping up all over the place in Canada. I’ve been buying all my meat, eggs, honey and flour from such farms for at least five years. These farmers work hard, improve their land, feed their customers, but if they make a profit at it — whoosh! It’s syphoned off to subsidize their cricket-rearing competitors. Pardon the pun, but it’s just not cricket."

Read more: https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/selick-if-canadians-wanted-to-eat-crickets-we-wouldn-t-be-forced-to-subsidize-the/article_5c9fc48a-fa17-11ec-b9dc-531a22aa8391.html

NY judge throws out state's new quarantine rules

Judge rules proposed isolation rules are unconstitutional | Observer Today - John Whittaker, Post-Journal: 

July 9, 2022 - "A state Supreme Court justice has ruled the state’s proposed new isolation and quarantine rules violate the state constitution and merely give “lip service” to constitutional due process. The state Health Department had originally proposed the new rules in late 2021 as part of an administrative rulemaking. In addition to Gov. Kathy Hochul, Mary Bassett, state health commissioner, the state Health Department and the state Public Health and Health Planning Council are named in the lawsuit filed by state Sen. George Borrello, two Republican state Assembly members and NYS United.

"Oral arguments were held in May in the courtroom of state Supreme Court Justice Ronald Ploetz in Cattaraugus County. Ploetz issued his decision late Friday, ruling the proposed rules as violating the state constitution until the state Legislature acts to change the law.

"Among the changes being fought is a new section of the state health law spelling out new isolation and quarantine procedures. Isolation and quarantine orders would include home isolation or other residential or temporary housing location that the public health authority issuing the order deems appropriate, including a hospital if necessary but including apartments, hotels or motels.... Also spelled out is authority for public health bodies to monitor people to make sure they are complying with an isolation or quarantine order.... Any person who violates a public health order shall be subject to all civil and criminal penalties as provided for by law. For purposes of civil penalties, each day the order is violated is a separate violation.

"Borrello and his fellow plaintiffs had argued the Health Department’s proposed rules violated due process rights for those being involuntarily confined, particularly when compared to existing state Public Health Law used throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Assemblyman Andrew Goodell, R-Jamestown, and Assemblyman Joe Giglio, R-Gowanda, laid out similar concerns in an amicus curie, or friends of the court, brief that the state’s attorneys tried to have withheld.... Much of the legal reasoning Ploetz relied upon for his decision came from the brief filed by Goodell and Giglio.

"Deciding whether an administrative agency is overstepping its legal authority is based upon the New York court case Boreali v. Axelrod, which lays out a four-point test for judges to use to weigh administrative rules. The state, in the view of Ploetz, failed three of the four Boreali tests.... Ploetz ruled [that] the proposed administrative rules disregarded any balance of individual rights against the needs of public safety rules, that the Health Department had not just filled in details of a broad legislative policy but used a blank slate to write its own rules, and that the Health Department had not used any special expertise or competence in the field to develop its proposed rules.... 'Respondents offered no scientific data or expert testimony why Rule 2.13 was a necessary response to combat Covid-19,but instead contend only that it would provide a quick and nimble approach to combatting the pandemic,' Ploetz wrote.... 

"Chief among the complaints raised in Borrello’s lawsuit and Goodell’s amicus brief was lack of due process considerations given to those who would be involuntarily confined due to an infectious disease.... Existing law allowing involuntary detention or hospitalization triggers the right to counsel and a hearing before an independent magistrate before an involuntary isolation order is granted. The state’s proposed rules gave the state Health Commissioner broad discretion to issue a quarantine or isolation, even if there was no evidence a person was infected or a carrier of disease, and allowed the commissioner to set the length, terms and location of detention, not an independent magistrate as required in Section 2120 of the state Public Health Law. And the state’s proposed rules also extended enforcement to local law enforcement, something not included in current law and a point debated early during the COVID-19 pandemic among local police officials when former Gov. Andrew Cuomo said local law enforcement had such authority.

The Health Department rules say those who would be quarantined involuntarily would have due process, but Ploetz was not convinced.

"'Involuntary detention is a severe deprivation of individual liberty, ... Ploetz wrote. 'Involuntary quarantine may have far reaching consequences such as loss of income (or employment) and isolation from family. While Rule 2.13 provides that isolation and quarantine must be done "consistent with due process of law” and the detainee has the right to seek a judicial review and the right to counsel, these protections are after-the-fact, and would force the detainee to exercise these rights at a time when he or she is already detained, possibly isolated from home and family, and in a situation where it might be difficult to obtain legal counsel in a timely manner. Rule 2.13 merely gives "lip service" to Constitutional due process.'"

Read more: https://www.observertoday.com/news/local-region/2022/07/judge-rules-proposed-isolation-rules-are-unconstitutional/

Lockdown Boris leaves Britain a bitter legacy

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who announced his resignation this week, leaves behind a state more intrusive and a country less free than when he took the helm. 

Boris Johnson Leaves Behind a Bigger, Bloated State | Reason - Robert Jackman: 

July 7, 2022 - "After a truly surreal 36 hours, British politics has some clarity: The prime minister, Boris Johnson, will resign, thus triggering the third Conservative leadership contest in six years. His successor (due to be picked from a field of hopeful Tory parliamentarians which could easily stretch to a dozen people) is expected to take office this autumn. The race begins now.

"For British libertarians, the end of the Johnson premiership is a bittersweet moment. For all his association with liberty-crushing lockdowns, many of us still remember when Johnson was a darling of the freedom-loving right. He used to be the politician who made his career rallying against the excesses of the nanny state while thumbing his nose at bores and bureaucrats alike. It was this penchant for freedom and optimism that made Johnson such an effective campaigner for Brexit. Unlike the nativist grievance peddling from the likes of Nigel Farage, Johnson painted Brexit as a chance to build a more outward-looking and ambitious Britain.... It was a theme that went on to power both his leadership and general election campaign[s] of 2019.

Boris Johnson in 2020

"But shortly after the newly-crowned prime minister broke the political deadlock around Brexit, there came a new crisis: COVID-19. At first, Johnson's much-heralded libertarian instincts held up nicely. In one of his early press conferences about the pandemic (in which he encouraged a nervous public to minimize social contact and keep physical distance), Johnson laughed off a question about calling in the police to enforce common sense. Within weeks, he had been persuaded by his advisers to order a full lockdown.

"It was this heavy-handed approach that would go on to shape 18 months of British politics, as the country veered from punitive lockdowns (at one point opting for the most stringent measures in Europe) to equally invasive lockdown-lite measures like the 'rule of six.' As backbench libertarian members of Parliament raged, Johnson's acolytes sought to assure the public that these measures flew in the face of his political instincts — and would disappear as soon as possible. But many of us weren't convinced.

"The truth is that, even as the pandemic faded, Johnson's newfound 'big state' instincts did not. One of the first warning signs was when, after Johnson had been hospitalized with COVID-19, he announced an expansive anti-obesity agenda — promising to ban multibuy deals on unhealthy food; end television advertising of sweets and crisps; and even make calorie counts compulsory on all restaurant menus.... Downing Street didn't just come after our diets. One of the government's flagship legislative proposals was the much-criticized Online Safety Bill: a sprawling manifesto on internet regulation that would see web hosts fined vast sums for failing to remove 'legal but harmful' content (the exact meaning of which would be subject to the judgment of government ministers) .... 

"His supposed libertarianism didn't add up to much when it came to taxation and spending, either.... Under big-spending Boris, tax levels reached the highest level since WWII. A sneaky decision not to inflation-proof tax thresholds meant that 2 million people just got pushed into a higher tax bracket, even though their real-terms earnings have not necessarily increased. Businesses didn't fare much better either — just look at the recent decision to levy a short-notice 'windfall tax' on the increased profits of energy firms (which comes on top of the planned hike in corporation tax).

"Inevitably, this profligate attitude was going to bring trouble for a maverick like Johnson. And so it did last month when a mooted plan to ignore World Trade Organization rules in order to unfairly subsidize British steel (a move designed to appeal to Johnson's protectionist "Red Wall" voters) led to the resignation of Christopher Geidt, the prime minister's ethics adviser. Although, of course, none of those scandals came close to Partygate — the lockdown-breaking spree that hastened Johnson's downfall.

"For all his promise, the truth is that Johnson — the supposed savior of the Tory right — will end up leaving behind a Britain considerably less free than the one he inherited. Many will continue to praise him for delivering Brexit, but this misses the point. While the U.K. may be out of the E.U. legal orbit, we've done almost nothing to take advantage of it, retaining the vast majority of the regulations that Johnson used to rail against so persuasively.... If Conservative voters have paid attention during the Johnson premiership — rather than remaining blinded by party or Brexit loyalty — they will have observed the folly of 'big state' conservatism. Let's hope this summer they vote in a way that reflects that."

Read more: https://reason.com/2022/07/07/boris-johnson-leaves-behind-a-bigger-bloated-state/

Tamara Lich must stay in jail, Ottawa JP rules

'Freedom Convoy' organizer Tamara Lich to remain in jail pending trial | Toronto Sun - Erika Ibrahim, Canadian Press:

July 8, 2022 - “Freedom Convoy” organizer Tamara Lich was denied bail and will remain in custody after a justice of the peace ruled she breached a condition of her original release. Lich is facing multiple charges of mischief and obstructing police for her role in the massive protest that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for more than three weeks last winter. She is now facing an additional charge of breaching a bail condition after sitting with fellow protest leader Tom Marazzo at an awards gala in Toronto last month.

"Lich’s original bail ordered her to have no contact with several other protest leaders, including Marazzo, unless through her lawyer or while in the presence of her lawyer. Police sought a Canada-wide arrest warrant for Lich for the alleged breach of her conditions and she was arrested last week in Medicine Hat, Alta., where she lives.

"The onus was on Lich to prove appearing with Marazzo at the Toronto event did not breach the no-contact order. Justice of the Peace Paul Harris said Friday that Lich did not prove that. He has ordered her to remain in jail pending her trial, with her next court date set for July 14.

"Her lawyer, Lawrence Greenspon, said outside the courthouse he will bring an application for a bail review to the Ontario Superior Court. He said she is 'understandably disappointed' with the result and eager to regain her freedom. Greenspon had argued Lich didn’t violate the bail condition because her lawyers were present at the gala where she was seen with Marazzo....

"Lich accepted an award at the event for organizing the convoy protest against COVID-19 restrictions and the federal Liberal government. While Harris noted that Lich was given permission to attend the award ceremony, that permission did not envision her sitting at a table with Marazzo and posing for a photo with him afterward.... 'Such actions most certainly erode public confidence in the administration of justice,' he said.

"In his May ruling that Lich could remain out on bail, Ontario Superior Court Justice Kevin Phillips said he did not accept that Lich breached her release conditions by agreeing to receive an award, and added Lich could be trusted to respect the conditions of her release. Those terms were intended to prevent a similar protest from happening in the national capital, said Phillips, who noted the protest is over and has left Ottawa, and it would be 'practically impossible' to mount a similar protest in the city again.

"Both Lich and Marazzo were key spokespeople of the winter convoy protest. Marazzo is also a leader of a group calling itself Veterans 4 Freedom, which staged several rallies in Ottawa over the Canada Day weekend. Although the convoy has ended, 'freedom protests' continue in the capital and likely in other parts of the country, Harris said....

"Supporters gathered outside the courthouse Friday waving Canadian flags. Several of Lich’s supporters were also in the courtroom as the decision was read, with one woman openly weeping as the bail was denied."

Read more: https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/freedom-convoy-organizer-tamara-lich-to-learn-whether-shell-remain-in-jail

Fresh outbreak of Covid lockdowns in China

'People now aren't really scared of COVID anymore, they're scared of being locked down in their homes,' says a Shanghai resident, as fresh outbreaks of Covid in China lead to a fresh outbreak of lockdowns.

Fresh COVID-19 Outbreaks Put Millions Under Lockdown in China | Voice of America - Agence France-Presse:

July 06, 2022 - "Tens of millions of people were under lockdown across China on Wednesday and businesses in a major tourist city were forced to close as fresh COVID-19 clusters sparked fears of wider restrictions. Chinese health authorities have reported more than 300 infections in the historic northern city of Xian, home to the Terracotta Army, with new clusters found in Shanghai, Beijing and elsewhere. The outbreaks and official response have dashed hopes that China would move away from the strict virus curbs seen earlier this year, when its hardline zero-COVID policy saw tens of millions forced to stay home for weeks.

"In Shanghai, some social media users reported receiving government food rations, a throwback to the monthslong confinement forced on the city's residents earlier this year.... Officials launched a new round of mass testing in more than half of the city's districts after a rebound in cases since the weekend. All karaoke bars were closed Wednesday after some infections were linked to six venues.

"'I think this is unnecessary, and I don't really want to do it,' Shanghai resident Alice Chan told AFP. She said she took part in the latest testing round over fears that her smartphone-stored health code, which is used to access public spaces, might otherwise flag her as a COVID risk.

"'I think the situation won't improve in the short term,' said another resident, who gave his name as Yao. 'People now aren't really scared of COVID anymore, they're scared of being locked down in their homes.'

"Japanese bank Nomura has estimated that at least 114 million people were under full or partial lockdowns nationwide in China as of Monday, a sharp jump from last week's 66.7 million. The recent resurgences pose a fresh challenge for President Xi Jinping, who last week reaffirmed his commitment to the zero-COVID strategy despite the mounting economic cost.

"In Xian, a city of 13 million that endured a monthlong lockdown last year, the population was placed under 'temporary control measures' after 29 infections were found since Saturday.... The city government said it would close entertainment venues including pubs, internet cafes and karaoke bars starting at midnight on Wednesday. State media showed Xian residents queuing up for tests past midnight Tuesday but said the city was not under lockdown....

"Officials have blamed the outbreak on a subvariant of omicron.... 'The positive infections are all the BA.5.2 branch of the omicron variant, and epidemiological tracing work is still in full swing,' Xian health official Ma Chaofeng said at a briefing. In Beijing, officials said Wednesday that the BA.5.2 branch has also been detected in the capital, but stressed the outbreak remains controllable....

"China's biggest cluster is in the central province of Anhui, where more than 1,000 infections have been reported since last week. Dozens of cases have also been recorded in Jiangsu province, neighboring Shanghai, threatening the Yangtze Delta manufacturing region."

Read more: https://www.voanews.com/a/fresh-covid-19-outbreaks-put-millions-under-lockdown-in-china/6648113.html

'Mass exodus' from Hong Kong since 2020

Hong Kong exodus | CBC News - Bernice Chan & Winston Szeto:

June 30, 2022 - "The Hong Kong government’s increasing hard line and China’s growing control over the region has coincided with more than 100,000 people leaving the region in the past two years, mostly to the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore and Canada..... Hong Kong has changed so much — with Beijing increasing its control over the city’s political and legal system and gutting its civil society and media landscape — that people like ... Arial Wong ... have sought new lives elsewhere. 

"Wong was ... active in the 2019 protests, which were sparked by an extradition bill that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam proposed in the spring of that year.... In the ensuing months, the authorities arrested more than 10,000 people related to the protests, more than 2,900 of whom were prosecuted, according to figures released up to February 2022.... 'I formed groups to support the persecuted political prisoners that were sent to jail … I just helped them out with the legal aid and living expenses,' she says, noting she regularly visited people in jail. However, in recent months the Hong Kong government has charged groups like hers of aiding and abetting those related to the protests. To evade prosecution, Wong fled to Vancouver in January....

"By late January 2020 the protests were abruptly halted in two ways: the COVID-19 pandemic gave the Hong Kong government an opportunity to impose strict social-distancing measures, and six months later Beijing passed the national security law on Hong Kong, bypassing the city’s legislature. It is a vaguely worded law where anyone anywhere in the world can be charged with endangering China’s national security if the authorities deem someone has colluded with foreign forces, committed sedition, secession or terrorism.... When the national security law came into effect in 2020, Jeff Nankivell was the Canadian consul general of Hong Kong and Macau..... 'It [the national security law] became effective within minutes of having been promulgated. And the next day, already 10 people were arrested,' he said, adding that no one in Hong Kong knew the details of it, not even Lam, the city’s leader....

"A few months after the national security law was enacted, Nankivell says, Canada announced an extraordinary immigration measure: it allowed graduates from any worldwide recognized post-secondary institution in the past five years to apply for work permits that could lead to permanent residency. Many who have arrived though the new stream are young families concerned about the government overhauling the education system in Hong Kong.... Not only students are leaving Hong Kong, but teachers are too — 4,460 students and 987 teachers left the education system in the 2020-21 academic year, according to a survey released by the Hong Kong Association of the Heads of Secondary Schools. That’s nearly double the number of teachers who left in previous years, the survey notes, with a 'seven-fold increase' in emigration."

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/hong-kong-handover

Hong Kong lost residents in 2020 and 2021, but this year is expected to far surpass both years in terms of the numbers of people leaving for good | CNBC - Monica Buchanan Pitrelli:

May 27, 2022 - "For the past 60 years, Hong Kong’s population has grown nearly every year, from some 3.2 million people in 1961 to 7.5 million in 2019, according to Hong Kong’s Census and Statistics Department. From 2015 to 2019, the city gained an average of 53,000 new residents per year. Yet that is roughly the same number of people who departed Hong Kong during the first two weeks of March alone, according to the city’s Immigration Department. Hong Kong lost some 93,000 residents in 2020, followed by another 23,000 in 2021. But early estimates show this year will see far more people go.    

“''In the last couple of years people have thought about leaving, but in the last six months there’s been an absolute mass exodus,” said Pei C., who has lived in Hong Kong for 17 years. She asked to be identified with her last initial because of sensitivities surrounding the topic in Hong Kong. The trigger, she said — one echoed by numerous people who spoke to CNBC for this story — was the highly-publicized policy that separated Covid-positive children from their parents earlier this year.... Pei estimates that 60-70% of her friends have left in the past six to 12 months.... 'Everyone’s going to Singapore,' said Pei, especially those working in finance, law and recruitment, she said. 

"Kay Kutt, CEO of the Hong-Kong based relocation company Silk Relo, agreed.... Families are transferring to Singapore, she said, but small- and medium-sized businesses are also on the move. Whereas one company executive might have left in the past, now 'they’re all going,' she said. Small companies are 'taking the entire team and putting them into Singapore.' Large companies are also relocating to Singapore, said Cynthia Ang, an executive director at the recruitment firm Kerry Consulting. Other companies are staying in Hong Kong, but downsizing their offices, and moving regional headquarters to Singapore, said Ang....

"Others have moved to the United Kingdom and Canada.... During the pandemic, both countries launched visa programs granting eligible Hong Kong residents the right to reside within their jurisdictions. Immigration from Hong Kong to Canada is 'booming,' according to the Canadian immigration website.... Yet even more are relocating to the United Kingdom, with more than 100,000 applying to move as of March....  Silk Relo and Asian Tigers are also seeing an 'uptick' in moves from Hong Kong to Japan, South Korea and Thailand.... Dubai is also absorbing talent from Hong Kong, said Kerry Consulting’s Ang. She said that is especially true for American and European employers that already have a presence there."

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/27/people-are-leaving-hong-kong-and-here-is-where-they-are-going.html