Hong Kong to begin evacuating cruise passengers from Japan

The first of two planes chartered by Hong Kong's government arrived at Tokyo's Haneda airport early Wednesday to begin evacuating Hong Kong passengers stranded on a virus-stricken cruise ship docked in Yokohama, local media reported.Security Secretary John Lee said a third chartered flight may be sent for the evacuation since the passengers will likely be released in batches and it could take days to complete.Some 230 of the 352 Hong Kong people on board the Diamond Princess have agreed to take the government-chartered flights back home.A first batch of 45 people will take the flight schedu…READ FULL ARTICLE