Bloomberg: Singapore called off the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble arrangement at the last minute.
In response to the pneumonia epidemic in China, special “travel bubble” arrangements are needed for mutual travel. Hong Kong and Singapore are discussing “travel bubble” matters, earlier reported that the earliest start in mid-May, the two governments originally announced the latest arrangements on Thursday (22). But Bloomberg reported on Thursday (22) that Singapore stopped announcing plans at the last minute. (Fang Dehao reports)
The Bloomberg report cited sources as saying that the cancellation of the announcement of the Hong Kong-Singapore “travel bubble” plan was proposed by Singapore, and that the Singapore Ministry of Transport and the Hong Kong Commerce and Economic Development Bureau did not respond immediately. It is unknown why the plan was cancelled, and there is no timetable for the announcement of another date, which means that the Hong Kong-Singapore “travel bubble” plan may have hit a snag, possibly for the second time in five months.
Singapore has recently been plagued by the Communist pneumonia epidemic, with six consecutive days of local cases and another outbreak of mass infections in foreign workers’ hostels; in Hong Kong, there are still cases of unknown origin and cases of variant viruses in the community.
Hong Kong and Singapore were scheduled to launch the “travel bubble” at the end of November last year, but the “bubble” was called off less than a day before the launch because of the fourth wave of outbreaks in Hong Kong when the plan was about to start, and recently the epidemic in Hong Kong has been easing, officials of the two places have re-opened discussions The “travel bubble” arrangement was restarted. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday (21), Hong Kong new as soon as Thursday announced the restart of the “bubble” details, is expected to be implemented in mid-May.
Hong Kong tourism legislator Yao Si Rong said in a radio program on Thursday, the Hong Kong government from time to time to discuss with Singapore, but in order to avoid starting and then due to the epidemic out of control and to call a halt, both places are more prudent, expected in May to restart the “tourism bubble” chances are large. But according to his understanding, the two sides have no specific timetable, but if the epidemic is stable, should soon be announced.
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