Hong Kong and the mainland will implement quarantine-free customs clearance from Sunday (8th). Seven sea, land, and air ports will be opened in the first phase. About 60,000 places go north every day, using Shenzhen Bay, Man Kam To, Lok Ma Chau Spur Line and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Passengers must make an appointment through the online system.
Acting Government Chief Information Officer Huang Zhiguang said that as of 8:00 this morning (6th), a total of 286,000 people had made an appointment to enter the Mainland, and some ports were full at certain time slots.
DAB Legislative Council member Chen Hangbin pointed out that there are about 700,000 places until the Lunar New Year, but due to the epidemic situation in the Mainland, it is believed that Hong Kong people will not return to the Mainland in a "swarm", which is expected to be sufficient to meet the needs of Hong Kong people.
Lin Jianfeng, a member of the Executive Council and a member of the Legislative Council of the Democratic Alliance, pointed out that the first round of 60,000 places is an appropriate approach, and hopes to increase it to 100,000 or more around the Lunar New Year.
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Chen Hengbin said that customs clearance is the aspiration of the people, and if the initial operation of customs clearance goes smoothly, he hopes that the authorities will increase the quota as soon as possible.
He believes that there is very little chance of a speculative pass quota, because real-name reservations are required, and there are still quotas.
He believes that it is reasonable and reasonable to require a negative nucleic acid test result within 48 hours for customs clearance, so as not to make people think that Hong Kong does not prevent and control the epidemic at all, and consider canceling it after the epidemic stabilizes.
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Lin Jianfeng believes that the current practice of setting a quota of 60,000 is appropriate, describing that everything is difficult at the beginning, and the current practice shows that the government has a commitment.
He said that many citizens hope to go north to visit relatives, and the business community also hopes to send employees to work in the Mainland. He hopes that the authorities will review the quota and customs clearance process as soon as possible, increase the quota to 100,000 or more during the Lunar New Year, and simplify entry procedures.
Wong Kwok, member of the Legislative Council of the Federation of Trade Unions, suggested setting up 100 special quotas at each port for emergency use by citizens who urgently need to cross the border.
He is worried that some elderly people do not know how to make appointments online, and hopes that the government will provide assistance. He is also concerned that grassroots citizens cannot afford the cost of nucleic acid testing. He suggests that the government provide subsidies and allow cross-border students to use rapid tests instead of nucleic acid tests.
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