The government announced to shorten the number of days of hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals, from the current 7-day hotel quarantine to "3+4", that is, only 3 days of hotel quarantine and 4 days of home medical monitoring. It will be implemented from Friday (12th).
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce welcomes the new plan, believing that it will help reduce barriers for local citizens and overseas tourists to come to Hong Kong, but hopes that quarantine-free travel can resume as soon as practicable.
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The Chamber of Commerce said in a statement that after completing the three-day hotel quarantine, people in quarantine will be allowed to enter premises that are not restricted by vaccine passes. This is a positive step in the right direction. To recover as soon as practicable, "as the local economy has fallen into negative growth and the outlook is bleak, businesses need to resume free exchanges with the rest of the world in order to promote economic recovery."
Leung Siu Kee, President of the General Chamber of Commerce, citing past data, pointed out that business people usually stay for a short period of time, so the 3-day hotel quarantine will still bring difficulties to business exchanges. , if Hong Kong regains its competitiveness, it will have the same quarantine exemption measures.
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The Manufacturers' Association also welcomes the new policy, believing that the new arrangement can reduce the time and money cost of business people visiting Hong Kong and help Hong Kong to reconnect with the international community.
The chairman of the Manufacturers' Association, Shi Lide, said that in terms of restoring contact with the international community, exhibitions and other venues are currently included in the list of places to actively review the "vaccine passport", but many exhibitions and large-scale conferences do not require removal of masks, and the risk of transmission is not high. Therefore, he believes that the government Consideration may be given to appropriately relaxing the scope of activities of inbound persons during the home monitoring period, allowing "yellow code" holders to participate in all activities that do not require mask removal, so as to stimulate the recovery of the exhibition and trade industry.
He hopes that after the implementation of the new measures for a period of time, he may consider gradually relaxing the quarantine arrangement to 7 days of home surveillance.
As for customs clearance with the Mainland, he put forward 4 proposals, including striving to increase the number of "Healthy Stations" and flights from Hong Kong to mainland cities; especially to increase the business quota of "Healthy Stations", such as 500 places per day, for business purposes. Hong Kong businessmen need to enter the mainland to apply, etc.
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