Hong Kong’s Use of Emergency Law for Mask Ban Prompts Panic, Widespread ATM Withdrawals

Hong Kong’s Use of Emergency Law for Mask Ban Prompts Panic, Widespread ATM Withdrawals
protesters in Hong Kong on September 30, 2019. MOHD RASFAN/AFP/Getty Images
Nicole Hao
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Local media recently reported that Hong Kong’s central banking institution has begun monitoring capital flows. 
Worried this could signal that the government would soon limit bank withdrawals, many Hongkongers have begun lining up in front of ATM machines to pick up cash.
Nicole Hao
Nicole Hao
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Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
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