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Coronavirus: travel bubble plan for Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong province stalls over technical issues
- Carrie Lam says officials on all sides are trying to work around 14-day mandatory quarantine rules
- Travellers would also need health certificate showing they are free of coronavirus
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Hong Kong’s plan to form a travel bubble with Macau and neighbouring Guangdong province on mainland China has stalled over technical issues.
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Under the plan, Hong Kong residents with a valid health certificate stating they are free of the coronavirus would be exempt from mandatory quarantine when travelling to the province and the casino hub.
A month after the plan was announced, the Hong Kong government is under increasing pressure to speed up the process as the city gradually eases social-distancing measures to revive the economy.
Speaking before meeting her advisers in the Executive Council on Tuesday morning, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said work had been done in an attempt to facilitate travel amid the quarantine requirements.
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“Now the problem is not just on our side, because the mainland authorities have also imposed a 14-day mandatory quarantine requirement since the end of April,” she said. “So we have to find a way to overcome both sets of quarantine before people can readily travel again. A lot of work has been done on that front, including the health code.”
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