Coronavirus: plan to exempt more Hong Kong cross-border workers from quarantine raises eyebrows with some among 650 applicants involved in non-essential trades

A new Hong Kong scheme to exempt cross-border suppliers of essentials from compulsory quarantine measures amid the coronavirus pandemic has drawn more than 650 applications in a week, including some unlikely businesses centred on jewellery traders and investors.But concerns were raised over the risk of more imported infections and whether the policy was fair, after it emerged that two major business chambers in the city would review submissions before authorities made any approval.Since…