HK working on quarantine-free travel with Guangdong
The Straits Times|November 10, 2021
City aims to give go-ahead to 1,000 residents a day from Dec, with eye on global travel in second quarter of 2022
- Claire Huang
HK working on quarantine-free travel with Guangdong

Hong Kong is preparing for quarantine-free travel for up to 1,000 residents daily between the city and neighbouring Guangdong province from next month, with an eye on global travel in the second quarter of next year.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam told a weekly briefing yesterday that the top priority is to gradually resume cross-border travel between Hong Kong and the mainland for business and other urgent needs.

Officials are figuring out details, including the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases or the type of cases that would trigger a suspension of the scheme, but Mrs. Lam said the threshold would not be “too harsh”.

In an interview with the Hong Kong Economic Times published on Monday, she said the city will reopen its borders with Guangdong province on the mainland and residents will soon be able to travel to Shenzhen or Zhuhai without having to quarantine.

Travellers are required to have a mainland mobile phone number so that the mainland authorities can contact them if they, or their close contacts, are identified as confirmed coronavirus cases.

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