The justification is related to the 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 (Nov 16). “He needs to come to Hong Kong for work for about a day.”

The city’s government granted Mr Dimon an individual exemption from quarantine rules, Mrs Lam said.

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