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Hong Kong defends letting JPMorgan's CEO Jamie Dimon skip quarantine

Lam added that Dimon had limits placed on his itinerary, "and his entire trip was restricted. The risk is totally manageable."

JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon
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Kari Lindberg | Bloomberg
Hong Kong let JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon skip the city’s 21-day hotel quarantine because of the size of the bank’s operations in the Asian financial hub, saying his trip was relatively low risk.

“The justification is related to economy, as this is a very huge bank with key business in Hong Kong,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in a regular briefing on Tuesday. “He needs to come to Hong Kong for work for about a day.”

Lam added that Dimon had limits placed on his itinerary, “and his entire trip was restricted. The risk is

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