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Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter

A heavy-hand­ed tool, a stop­gap mea­sure and a tourism dis­in­cen­tive - but a grim ne­ces­si­ty.

That's how busi­ness groups see the State of Emer­gency an­nounced by Gov­ern­ment on Tues­day - and one group says it's vi­tal the SoE doesn't pe­nalise the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty.