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Customs clearance︱ Tam Yiu-chung: Mainland experts coming to Hong Kong to help boost confidence has taken a big step

2021-11-22T01:57:59.497Z


Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said yesterday (21st) that he had just received news that he was allowed to attend the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in December, indicating that customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland is in sight. He was in Hong Kong and Taiwan this morning (22nd)


Tan Yaozong, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said yesterday (21st) that he had just received news that he was allowed to attend the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in December, indicating that customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland is in sight.

He explained on Hong Kong, Taiwan and Business Channel programs this morning (22nd) that a group of mainland experts arrived in Hong Kong recently to conduct field inspections of Hong Kong’s epidemic prevention work. Nearly a big step.” It also mentioned that although the specific customs clearance time and arrangement are unknown at the moment, it is believed that the initial daily quota of 1,000 is quite reasonable.


No request for the third shot

Tan Yaozong said that the day before yesterday, he received a message from the Secretariat of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress that he could attend the meeting in December. He personally believes that this shows that the local epidemic situation in Hong Kong has eased. "This is a big step forward for customs clearance without isolation in the future." It is described as "customs clearance is in sight." I hope that experts will give their opinions after inspection, and Hong Kong will be able to clear customs soon after improvement.

He mentioned that the last time he was not approved to go to a meeting in Beijing was because of a locally confirmed case, which was more troublesome, because the mainland was most worried about the spread of the epidemic into the community; and the recent occurrence of aircrew cases in Hong Kong is also a concern of the mainland.

However, he admitted that even if he is allowed to go to Beijing for a meeting, there are still many basic quarantine tasks to be done, such as daily temperature measurement, test reports 48 hours before handing in the plane, and testing at Beijing airports and hotels. Only after the results can leave the room without isolation. 14 days.

Tan also pointed out that the mainland did not propose to receive the third shot of vaccine as a condition for the meeting in Beijing, but he himself had already received the third shot of Kexing vaccine in September because he had participated in the testing program of the Yanghe East Medical Center earlier.

He recalled that because he had received the first and second shots in the early days, the antibody had dropped to a very low level, but after the third shot, the antibody had returned to a qualified level.

"Family factors" must be self-signed to declare the situation

As for the timetable for customs clearance, Tan Yaozong said frankly that there is no specific news, but it is estimated that within the next month, a quota system will be implemented initially.

He pointed out that the government has been reminded to carefully consider the distribution mechanism so as not to cause confusion and "good things turn bad."

In terms of specific conditions, Tan Yaozong estimates that it will focus on business and family reasons, but identification will be a problem to be dealt with. Business is easy to prove, but family factors are more difficult.

He quoted public opinions that the parties can declare their family status and sign for confirmation by themselves, and they can bear their own responsibilities.

In addition, 14 days before departure, you must use "safe travel" or other means to confirm your whereabouts. During the period of fear, there will be an accident. It is believed that the two injections and the nucleic acid test results within 48 hours are also basic requirements.

Customs clearance|The delegation of mainland experts visits Hong Kong to inspect the Liaison Office Deputy Director Yin Zonghua meets with all members for customs clearance | Tan Yaozong is allowed to go to Beijing to attend the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in December: Customs clearance is in the early stage of quota clearance : To take special care of 4 types of people

Source: hk1

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