Considering the slowdown of the epidemic and orderly return to normal, the Mainland Affairs Council of Taiwan announced today (14th) that at 9:00 am on February 20, Hong Kong and Macao people will resume free travel to Taiwan. Hong Kong and Macao people can apply for Taiwan entry permits online.
In addition, since visas for Hong Kong and Macao people have been issued, the tourism industry approved by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications will no longer apply for the "group" application for sightseeing in Taiwan, and return to the regular application.
The new crown virus epidemic in Hong Kong is expected to come to an end. It is expected that students will not need to take a quick test before going to school every day from next month, and the remaining mask orders may soon be partially lifted.
According to the information of the Immigration Department, Hong Kong and the Mainland will fully clear customs on the 6th of this month, all ports will be opened and quarantine requirements will be cancelled.
In the past week (February 6-12), a total of 317,000 inbound tourists, of which 74% were mainland tourists, with 235,000 visits. The most people chose to take the high-speed rail to arrive in Hong Kong. Both the branch line and the Luohu port have been used by more than 40,000 people each.
▼Overview of last week's epidemic reports▼
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Overview｜In the first two weeks after the withdrawal of the quarantine order, 4919 nucleic acid positive 87 people were infected and died
▼Full customs clearance on February 14th.
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[11:00] Considering the slowdown of the epidemic and the orderly return to normal, the Mainland Affairs Council of Taiwan announced today (14th) that at 9:00 am on February 20, people from Hong Kong and Macau will resume free travel to Taiwan. People from Hong Kong and Macau can apply online Entry permit.
In addition, since visas for Hong Kong and Macao people have been issued, the tourism industry approved by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Communications will no longer apply for the "group" application for sightseeing in Taiwan, and return to the regular application.
▼Full customs clearance on February 13th.
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Taiwan media: Taiwan intends to allow Hong Kong and Macao people to travel freely to Taiwan on February 20
[21:24] "United Daily News" reported that starting next Monday (20th), Taiwan will first allow people from Hong Kong and Macau to travel freely to Taiwan.
According to reports, the MAC has notified that it will hold a press conference on "Opening up Hong Kong and Macau residents to travel freely in Taiwan" tomorrow (14th).
As for the opening up of mainlanders to Taiwan for sightseeing, there is still no final decision.
Valentine's Day ｜ 248 new couples registered for marriage in the past 3 years, the most anti-epidemic measures have been loosened, double spring and leap month
[21:00] Tomorrow, February 14th, Valentine's Day, coincides with this year's double spring and leap month, which is a good year for marriage.
Tomorrow will be the first Valentine's Day after most of the anti-epidemic measures are lifted. According to figures from the Immigration Department, 248 couples have submitted their marriage notices and plan to register for marriage tomorrow, more than double the 124 couples last year. It is also the year when the most people registered to get married on Valentine's Day since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020.
[17:30] The Department of Health announced 167 new laboratory positive nucleic acid tests. Since the cancellation of the quarantine order for confirmed cases on January 30, a total of 5,086 cases have been recorded; 4 new deaths related to the 2019 coronavirus disease Cases, since January 30, a total of 91 people have been infected and died.
[15:50] The tourism industry has gradually returned to normal after the epidemic has been raging for three years. Vietjet Airlines has resumed the original direct flight between Hong Kong and Vietnam today (13th), with two flights a week to Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam has currently canceled the entry control related to the new crown pneumonia. From now until December 25 this year, passengers can enjoy a 20% discount when booking air tickets on Mondays by entering the promotion code "HELLOVIETNAM".
Flight restrictions in Japan｜Cathay Pacific cancels multiple flights in Tokyo and Osaka in February and March. HK Express will cancel some flights in Japan, including flights to and from Tokyo and Okinawa from 3.3 to 3.30.
[13:25] After Hong Kong Express (HK Express) announced the cancellation of some flights to Japan in February and March, Cathay Pacific Airways (30th) also pointed out that because the Japanese authorities continued to restrict the airline’s operation of flights from Hong Kong to Japan, At present, only 72 flights can be operated to Japan per week, which is 13 to 15 flights less than the originally approved flights. Some flights will be canceled from February 3 to March 30, involving Hong Kong to Tokyo Narita, Nagoya, Osaka , Fukuoka flights.
Among them, from March 3 to 30, there were 58 flights from Hong Kong to Japan, and 54 flights from Japan to Hong Kong, including flights to Tokyo, Nagoya and Fukuoka.
[13:06] HK Express (Hong Kong Express) announced this afternoon (13th) that due to the Japanese authorities continuing to restrict airlines from operating flights from Hong Kong to Japan, some flights to and from Japan will be canceled from March 3 to 30. There are 20 to 22 fewer flights per week than originally planned, including flights from Hong Kong to Okinawa Airport, Fukuoka Airport, Osaka-Kansai Airport, Tokyo-Haneda Airport, and Tokyo-Narita Airport.
Affected passengers will be notified by email and SMS and can be arranged to change the departure date/time or receive a full refund.
Comprehensive Customs Clearance｜More than 310,000 people visited Hong Kong in the past week, accounting for 70% of mainland tourists, the most people took high-speed rail
[13:04] China and Hong Kong will complete customs clearance on the 6th of this month, all ports will be opened and quarantine requirements will be cancelled.
In the past week, there were 317,000 inbound tourists, of which 235,000 were mainland tourists, and 74% were from mainland China. person-times.
From March 6th, the Hospital Authority will promote the electronic doctor's sick leave certificate through the HA GO app to replace the paper one in stages
[12:55] The Hospital Authority announced today (13th) that it will officially launch electronic medical certificates, namely "electronic sick leave certificates" on March 6. However, the traditional physical sick leave certificates will not be canceled for the time being, and will be implemented in stages replace.
The electronic version will be stored and distributed through "HA GO", and doctors will use electronic signatures with an encrypted QR code for easy verification.
▼On February 2, the government will hold the "Hello, Hong Kong!" launch ceremony to announce the free air tickets▼
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The car park at Heung Yuen Wai Port is full. Members say 400 parking spaces are not enough to build 2,000 temporary parking spaces.
[09:37] China and Hong Kong have fully cleared the customs, and the Liantang/Heung Yuen Wai Port is also in service. However, the parking lot at the Heung Yuen Wai Port is in short supply, and the online system is even "oversold". Last weekend, there were chaotic and long queues.
A member of the Legislative Council said today (13th) that only 400 parking spaces in the parking lot at the Heung Yuen Wai Port are not enough, and urged the construction of a temporary parking lot to provide at least 2,000 parking spaces.
▼Ocean Park welcomed the first point-to-point tour group on February 11▼
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[07:00] In the past two weeks, Hong Kong has significantly relaxed its epidemic prevention policies and entry-exit epidemic prevention policies. Among them, the isolation order for confirmed cases has been revoked from January 30, and patients with rapid test positives do not need to report; from February 6, Hong Kong and the mainland Comprehensive customs clearance, the 48-hour negative nucleic acid test requirement for entry and exit is cancelled, and no quota is set.
According to the information of the Immigration Department, a total of 262,153 inbound passengers entered the country during the first six days of comprehensive customs clearance (from February 6 to 11), of which 74%, or 193,638, were mainland tourists. Compared with the first six days of the previous week (January 31 to February 5 Japan) was about double the 92,817 people.
As for foreign tourists, there were 68,515 between February 6 and 11, 33% more than the 51,340 in the same period the previous week.
▼On February 11, the number of cargo-sweeping passengers and parallel importers in Sheung Shui increased▼
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▼On February 11th, the queues of people in the tunnel reappeared outside famous stores on Canton Road▼
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▼On February 9, the police, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, the Immigration Department and the MTR cracked down on the black spots of parallel imports in Sheung Shui▼
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▼Tin Shui Wai Shun Tak Fraternity Association Weng You Secondary School resumption of classes for cross-border students on February 8▼
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Investigating the epidemic｜Liang Zhihong agrees to review and disagrees with the investigation: It is wrong to always have people on the ground｜Students’ rapid test requirements will be maintained until the end of this month. Cai Ruolian pointed out that there is a chance to cancel the epidemic next month｜188 serious cases and deaths were recorded in the past week for the first time BN.1.3 And the CH.1.1 virus strain of the new crown epidemic has encountered operational difficulties. Zhongda Hospital has applied for a five-year extension of repayment, otherwise it will not be able to operate. Leung Ka-kit, chairman of the medical school without a committee: Any reflection is beneficial to comprehensive customs clearance｜Lu Chongmao: The first stage of customs clearance did not make the epidemic situation in Hong Kong worse, and the number of confirmed diagnoses dropped by 80%
