The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has launched the 2022 Employment Support Scheme under the Anti-epidemic Fund to provide wage subsidies to employees for three months (i.e. May, June and July 2022) to retain their current employees or even employ more staff when the business revives as soon as the epidemic situation permits. Eligible self-employed persons can also apply for a one-off subsidy. The application period of the Scheme is now closed. As at June 20, wage subsidies for 152,000 employers and 72,000 self-employed persons has been approved, involving about $10 billion and $570 million respectively.