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| Last year's Cross Harbour Race started in Wan Chai |
The ongoing Covid restrictions in Hong Kong are making it so difficult for the city to go back go normal, now into the third year.
When I say "normal", I mean holding sporting events for people in Hong Kong and overseas to participate in.
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| This year will be three batches of 500 people |
Why is it that the Cross Harbour Race is allowed to be held with 1,500 participants swimming in three batches of 500, while the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon had to cancel its November 20 date because the government still hadn't made up its mind to give the green light.
What's there to think about? Runners are released in batches too. It's not like the race is held inside -- it's outside and starts before most of the 7 million people wake up.
Perhaps even worse, the Oxfam Trailwalker which is a race that also raises much needed funds for the charity -- didn't even get any kind of consideration.
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| The marathon canceled its November race |
Isn't it embarrassing that the home of dragon boat racing -- the Hong Kong International Races for dragon boat were first held there in 1976 -- aren't going to have races again this year?
Government officials don't seem to want any kind of revitalisation of the city at all and only care about Covid numbers.
What is this going to achieve? By cancelling these world-class sporting events, the authorities have effectively told everyone Hong Kong is not open. Why would anyone want to go there?
Meanwhile it also gives local residents fewer and fewer reasons to stay in the city.
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| Dragon Boat races have moved to Thailand |
The government is doing a really good job of making it harder for people to exercise and have some respite from the severe and irrational Covid restrictions...
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