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The tourism industry is frozen and hopes that the epidemic prevention fund will help the non-franchised bus industry.

2022-01-12T09:58:12.887Z


The fifth wave of the epidemic broke out in Hong Kong. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced the launch of the "Anti-epidemic Fund 5.0". Details will be available as soon as this Friday. The Hong Kong Non-franchised Bus Association and the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association visited the Central Government today (12th)


The fifth wave of the epidemic broke out in Hong Kong. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced the launch of the "Anti-epidemic Fund 5.0". Details will be available as soon as this Friday.

The Hong Kong Non-franchised Bus Association and the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association submitted a petition letter to the Central Government today (12th), requesting that the "Anti-epidemic Fund 5.0" can cover tourism-related industries, describing tour buses, local sightseeing buses and cross-border Buses and other businesses are "already at risk of life and death." I hope the government can follow the example of the mainland and promote universal testing in the short term, so as to achieve a complete zero.


The Hong Kong Non-franchised Bus Association and the Hong Kong Tourism Promotion Association have petitioned the authorities, claiming that the Hong Kong government suspends the local tour business and the tour bus business is completely suspended.

Since inbound tourism has been suspended for two years, the owners of non-franchised buses and cross-boundary bus licenses, which mainly focus on local sightseeing tours, are greatly affected.

Petition calls on government to push for universal testing

The petition letter also mentioned that the Hong Kong government is expected to follow the mainland's epidemic prevention measures, consider asking the mainland for help, and conduct a nationwide test in Hong Kong in the short term. "Long pain is worse than short pain.

Yao Pak Leung, a member of the tourism industry, said that since the tour bus has been "basking in the sun for two years", the epidemic prevention fund should fully take care of the tour bus's livelihood.

Jin Zhenli, Managing Director of Evergrande Travel, said that the school bus driver and babysitter are directly affected by the suspension of classes. Many parents have already inquired about whether they can get a refund. However, once the refund is made, it will greatly affect their livelihood. It is hoped that the epidemic prevention fund can cover non-patented school buses and other non-patented items. bus service.

▼On January 12, the residents of Room B, Phase 3 of Fenglin Garden in North Point need to evacuate▼


▼On January 12th, Tuen Mun reappeared in line to detect people and dragons▼


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Omicron|Bank of China Branch will be open from 9 to 4 on Thursday. ICBC (Asia) Tuen Mun branches will be closed. Omicron|A 20-year-old boy and Wang Shiya’s friends are in the same hot pot in Causeway Bay due to the fear of an outbreak in Tuen Mun. Overview of the latest opening hours of 10 testing sites Omicron|Fenglin Garden in North Point increased the first confirmed case of vertical transmission, and 14 households in Block B of Phase III must be evacuated

Source: hk1

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