As the Chinese New Year approached, there was a crowd in the north. Since yesterday (18th), long queues have appeared at the multi-district testing stations. More than 100 citizens at the Maple Street Community Testing Center in Sham Shui Po waited until the early hours of the morning.
Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao attended the Legislative Council question-and-answer meeting today (19th), and was repeatedly asked about the nucleic acid testing arrangements before passing the customs. The waiting list of each testing center emphasizes that the testing capacity is sufficient, and only 60% of the testing capacity has been used recently.
Li Jiachao even admitted that Hong Kong has no anti-epidemic measures at all, including testing requirements, which can be regarded as a true return to normal.
As for when the testing requirements can be completely abolished, Lee Ka-chao said that it involves three-party discussions between the Hong Kong government, Guangdong Province and the central government, and there may be difficulties to be overcome.
For the general public, I hope that there will be no measures at all, and the system will return to normal first.
If we decide to return to normal, we must decide that we may face some big changes at a certain stage, and there is an adaptation period, which may cause some problems.
Li Jiachao
If you want to go back to normal, the next step is "totally no measures"
Li Jiachao also pointed out that the government's goal is to completely cancel all testing requirements: "I want to emphasize that my goal is not to do nucleic acid testing; my goal is to replace (nucleic acid testing) with rapid testing; my goal is to hope Don’t do a quick test.” He emphasized that if Hong Kong is going to return to normal, the quarantine order must first be lifted to protect high-risk individuals, and the next step is “no measures at all.”
"A4 Alliance" Liang Wenguang then asked Li Jiachao whether he would continue to communicate with the mainland government to optimize customs clearance security, and when the government would relax the nucleic acid testing requirements to replace them with rapid tests, or even cancel the testing requirements altogether.
Li Jiachao pointed out: "Our communication with the mainland government is not continuous, but every day." In order to have better coordination with the mainland, the government specially set up a "customs clearance coordination team" led by Chief Secretary for Administration Chen Guoji, and the coordination team found that After the problem is also improved immediately.
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Customs clearance arrangements must be discussed by the three parties and communicate daily to achieve short-term results
However, he emphasized that any arrangement involving customs clearance must be discussed by the Hong Kong government, the Guangdong provincial government, and the central government: "I can tell you that everyone has a common goal and direction, but there are three aspects that need to be dealt with. I may not be able to tell you about the process, or the link to overcome and solve it, but I can tell you what to do. During our discussions, there are some improvement measures every time, sometimes after a day, sometimes Every three days, sometimes there may be two improvement measures in one day, these are the short-term results achieved by our daily communication.”
Li Jiachao emphasized that in addition to having good goals, he must also be pragmatic and tell the public: "I think the chances are great, and the percentages within my control range are more likely to be higher."
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