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French President shows that masks can look chic
Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).
While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.
#France #HongKong #mask
Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de
L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/componen
Macron used the school visit as an opportunity to promote the use of cloth masks among the general public. The fashionable design of the mask he donned "mades mask-wearing an act of national pride", as the Associated Press suggests. The mask, embellished with the French Tricolour, is 100% made in France by the local manufacturer Chanteclair at a cost of less than 5 euros (HK $42).
While the reusable masks in Hong Kong are produced at a similar cost, the masks are described by citizens to "resemble underwear". It was further uncovered that the masks were produced without following the usual procurement rules and some technical descriptions were misleading and inaccurate.
#France #HongKong #mask
Sources:
Associated Press, 5 May
https://apnews.com/fe461ecbffacb67c747a3234300c90de
L'Est Eclair (French), 6 May
https://www.lest-eclair.fr/id148803/article/2020-05-06/pourquoi-macron-choisi-un-masque-chanteclair
RTHK, 6 May
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/componen