Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble to open in November, says Carrie Lam
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Hong Kong residents in mainland China will be allowed to return to the city from November without being quarantined, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Yuet-ngor revealed on Tuesday, and said the travel bubble with Singapore was also expected to go ahead next month.Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble to open in November, says Carrie Lam
Hong Kong residents in mainland China will be allowed to return to the city from November without being quarantined, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Yuet-ngor revealed on Tuesday, and said the travel bubble with Singapore was also expected to go ahead next month. But amid the worsening Covid-19 situation in Europe, Lam said Belgium had been added to the city’s list of high-risk countries, and Spain and Italy could soon follow. Speaking before her weekly Executive Council meeting, Lam said those returning from the mainland would be exempt from any quarantine, but numbers would be subject to a quota arrangement because only two border crossings would reopen. “It is a good beginning,” Lam said. “We have only the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and Shenzhen Bay checkpoints operating, which means the number of Hongkongers to be allowed to come back will be restricted. The border will be further reopened in an orderly manner.” Read more