After a two-week adjournment, the Executive Council resumed its meeting today (31st). Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao met with reporters before the meeting. It is expected that people from all walks of life will pay attention to issues such as when to implement quarantine-free customs clearance and cancel customs clearance quotas.
NPC Standing Committee member Tan Yaozong said the day before yesterday (29th) that he believes that a decision will be made soon to cancel the nucleic acid testing requirements for customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland, and quoted Chief Secretary for Administration Chen Guoji as saying that it is estimated that there will be a decision in the next few days.
Li Jiachao said that the next step is to comprehensively promote Hong Kong, and will focus on promoting normalization measures. The goal is to achieve full customs clearance with the mainland as soon as possible.
In addition, it also plans to clear international customs. It will consider canceling the vaccination and rapid test requirements for visitors to Hong Kong. The government is the first to organize a delegation to visit abroad. On Saturday (February 4), he will lead a delegation to visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to promote Hong Kong culture. , business and other advantages.
Li Jiachao also stated that he does not agree to establish an independent investigation on the government's decision-making measures to deal with the epidemic.
Li Jiachao summarized the epidemic measures and follow-up work, saying that an emergency mobilization mechanism will be established, and he hopes to mobilize as soon as possible to deal with emergencies, including large-scale epidemics.
With regard to disagreeing with the establishment of an independent investigation committee to investigate the effectiveness of the government's anti-epidemic measures, Lee Ka-chao said that in the new stage of the epidemic, the government must fully promote Hong Kong and deploy to return to normal.
He agreed to sum up experience to deal with new risks, and these 7 months of summarizing experience have come up with practical solutions, which he believes can face future challenges.
In the face of the epidemic, we must act according to the situation we are facing. Li Jiachao feels that we must implement the key elements and concepts of the system and strategy, including making decisions quickly, implementing accurately, and focusing on results. Therefore, the system has been changed and a command and coordination team has been established. , increasing the safety factor, such as increasing the amount of drug storage and manpower deployment.
After gaining experience, it is necessary to routineize useful measures, and the current government continues to sum up experience, so that the government has better resilience, which is more effective than independent investigations.
▼On the morning of the first day of customs clearance on January 8, not many mainland tourists and Hong Kong residents entered Hong Kong▼
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Customs clearance｜Luohu port is expected to reopen in the second week of February Members said simultaneous cancellation of quotas and nucleic acid customs clearance｜Tan Yaozong pointed out that the mainland has successively closed testing stations and hopes to withdraw nucleic acid requirements. There is good news for customs clearance this week｜Tam Yaozong quoted Chen Guoji as the fastest to cancel the nucleic acid within a few days Test requirements written to the National Health Commission to advocate the cancellation of customs clearance quotas and nucleic acid testing Li Huiqiong: There will be good news soon for cross-border school children to pass customs | 50 children from Sheung Shui Primary School will return to Hong Kong to attend classes in Shenzhen on Wednesday without waiting for government arrangements. It is recommended to cancel the nucleic acid testing arrangement for customs clearance
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