The Hong Kong Government announced on 8 April 2020 the second round of Anti-epidemic Fund measures which included an HK$80 billion Employment Support Scheme (“ESS”) to help employers retain employees and avoid redundancies. Details of the ESS are outlined in our Legal Update on MayerBrown.com.
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