over, with Lee responding that he would do so only if the child vaccination rate reached a satisfactory level, but did specify the numerical percentage. On 23 October 2022, after the High Court ruled that the government had no power to invalidate vaccine pass exemptions, Lee said "We just had a case in which the government was sued and lost. Hong Kong has no human rights? That's impossible!" The government later changed the law after losing the case to give itself power to invalidate the vaccine passes. On 1 November 2022, Lee was asked about whether changing the law rather than accepting the High Court's decision sent the wrong message about rule of law in Hong Kong, to which Lee said the question was misleading and that changing the law was "is in full compliance with the principle of the rule of law". On 1 November 2022, Lee said that under the "0+3" scheme, Hong Kong was "full of life". On 8 November 2022, Lee said that the mask mandate and vaccine pass health code system would be here to stay. When asked about reducing the "0+3" policy to "0+0," Lee deflected and said that authorities are constantly reviewing its policies. On 15 November 2022, Lee said that people should not fixate on dropping restrictions, and that "Everyone has a different understanding of '0+0'. Therefore, I am not going to describe whether we are in [a stage] of "zero-plus-what"." Respiratory expert Ho Pak-leung disagreed and said that the government should cancel restrictions and that "Two months since 0+3 came into place, the government has been offering piecemeal adjustments every Thursday - that's not opening up. The government should open up in one go." On 19 December 2022, Ho again called for the government to cut all ineffective measures, such as testing and isolation. On 24 November 2022, SCMP released an editorial, stating "When Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu was freely enjoying the hospitality of Thailand during a visit to Bangkok over the weekend, members of a tour group from the country were having lunchboxes in their hotel rooms in Hong Kong" due to government restrictions in Hong Kong. In December 2022, a month after Lee told the public to forget about "0+0," Lee was given the "green light" by Beijing to move the city to "0+0" and did so as soon as he had the permission by Beijing to do