Customs Clearance｜27,000 cross-border students resume face-to-face lectures in Hong Kong after the Spring Festival and will not be counted in the customs clearance quota

The customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland is imminent. The Hong Kong government held a press conference this afternoon (5th) and announced that it will officially clear the customs with the mainland on January 8. There will be a quota in the initial stage of customs clearance, that is, a maximum of 60,000 Hong Kong people can go north to the mainland every day, and It is stipulated that an appointment must be made online to cross the border.

There are currently more than 27,000 cross-border students in Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government announced that it will not be able to resume daily face-to-face teaching for cross-border students until after the Spring Festival.

The Hong Kong government will continue to discuss with the mainland the epidemic prevention requirements it must meet, maintain contact with the Education Bureau, academia, and the industry, and announce specific arrangements separately.

▼Face-to-face classes will be fully resumed on April 19▼

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Hong Kong and the Mainland will launch the first phase of customs clearance next Sunday (8th). Initially, there is a quota, that is, a maximum of 60,000 Hong Kong people can go north to the Mainland every day, and it is stipulated that they must make an appointment online before they can cross the border.

Cross-border students do not need to make an appointment online

There are currently more than 27,000 cross-border students in Hong Kong who have been unable to come to Hong Kong for classes for three years.

Earlier, many teachers were worried that it was not suitable for them to resume classes when they passed the first stage of customs clearance because school supplies, cross-border school buses and other transportation facilities were not ready.

The Chief Secretary for Administration, Chen Guoji, announced at the press conference that cross-border students are not eligible for the first phase of customs clearance (January 8), but it is planned to resume daily face-to-face lectures in Hong Kong after the Spring Festival, and there is no need to make an online appointment to pass the customs , that is, it will not be counted in the daily 60,000 southbound or northbound customs clearance quota.

He added that the Hong Kong government will continue to discuss with the mainland the epidemic prevention requirements it must meet, keep in touch with the Education Bureau, academia, and the industry, and announce specific arrangements separately.

If there are no other exemptions, according to the current immigration policy, cross-border students are required to submit a negative nucleic acid test result for 48 hours a day before they can come to Hong Kong.

▼On January 3, a large number of citizens applied for home return permits▼

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