HONG KONG—Hong Kong announced relief measures worth HK$137.5 billion ($17.7 billion) on April 8 to help businesses and people crippled by the CCP virus outbreak to stay afloat, as the city joins global efforts to cushion the impact of the pandemic.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam also pledged to take a pay cut of 10 percent for a year and said the government would pay 50 percent of workers’ salaries for six months, with the monthly subsidy for each worker capped at HK$9,000.
