Hong Kong Filmart Puts on Brave Face for 3rd Virtual Edition Amid Local Omicron Wave. Presented by hktdc
, the default mode in the pandemic era is to devise an array of contingency plans to ensure that the convention will proceed without a hitch no matter how the situation changes, Peggie Liu, associate director of the HKTDC, tells. Thanks to this mentality, when the city’s fifth wave of infections reaches a crescendo this week, the team will be prepared.
“Since the majority of our visitors are from abroad, even before the latest outbreak in Hong Kong, we made the decision when we saw the developments of the pandemic late last year to have another virtual edition,” says Liu.
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