Neither the Ministry of National Defense nor the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office in Beijing have ruled it out. Canceled events include a major airline conference, the WTA Hong Kong Tennis Open, music festivals, fireworks, parades, a motor race and a one-month run of “Matilda The Musical.” Hong Kong Disneyland has also suffered. The epidemic has led to more cancellations, including the annual Art Basel Hong Kong show. ADLam cited the case of a Hong Kong man suspected of murder in Taiwan in proposing it. To contact the reporters on this story: Fion Li in Hong Kong at fli59@bloomberg.net;Karen Leigh in Hong Kong at kleigh4@bloomberg.net;Iain Marlow in Hong Kong at imarlow1@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Brendan Scott at bscott66@bloomberg.net, Paul Geitner

Source: Washington Post February 10, 2020 05:03 UTC