earlier i spoke with paul tse, a pro—establishment member of hong kong's parliament who believes theff, i think that the pandemic situation here in hong kong is far worse than any time before. in fact, worse since the outbreak last year. one would assume that given in a few weeks' time we are expecting a high tide, a third wave of the pandemic situation, so we just are expecting that perhaps for health reasons, and for the risk involved, i think we should delay having this similar situation in singapore. we know singapore held their elections on the 10th ofjuly. as soon as after that, the situation was far worse than before. i think the number of cases confirmed was doubled. so hong kong is a very densely populated city. it is unlike other big cities in the world with perhaps more open spaces and what have you. there is a real risk there. how long would you delay these elections for is the next question many people have. it is very unfortunate that we have to delay it. in dellaying it. ifor one, i'm running, there's a lot of hassle there's a lot of hassle in delaying it. but once we

we can speak now to paul tse, a pro—establishment member of hong kong's parliament who believes the electionsmotivated decision rather than one based on public health. what do you make of that? thank you for having me. nowadays, the whole thing has become very political. first off, i think that the pandemic situation here in hong kong is far worse than any of any time before. in were since the outbreak last year. —— infected worse. 0ne outbreak last year. —— infected worse. one would assume they given inafew worse. one would assume they given in a few weeks' time that we are expecting a high tide, a third wave of the pandemic situation, so we just are expecting that perhaps for health reasons, and for the risk involved, i think we should delay having this similar situation in singapore. we know singapore held their elections on the 10th ofjuly. as soon as after that, the situation was far worse than before. i think the number of cases confirmed it was doubled. so hong kong is a very densely populated city. it is like another big city in the world we have perhaps more open spaces and what have

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