By Chris Lau
Hong Kong will look into ways to exempt chief executive election hopefuls from strict social-distancing rules ahead of the coming poll, the city’s leader has said, confirming that the five-yearly political event will proceed on May 8. But Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor refused to comment on news reports that she was in the neighbouring city of Shenzhen to meet a state leader over pandemic arrangements and the leadership race, when she called off her daily Covid-19 press briefing on…
