The government is striving for the first phase of customs clearance with the mainland next Sunday (8th). Initially, there will be a limit on the number of people, and citizens are advised to take a nucleic acid test first. According to reports, the Hong Kong section of the high-speed rail will start trial run as soon as today to prepare for customs clearance, and relevant MTR employees have returned to their original posts one following another. Some members of the Legislative Council believe that there is a good chance of customs clearance next Sunday, and cooperate with Shenzhen to suspend the reservation system of the quarantine hotel “Health Station” on the same day. However, whether the high-speed rail can resume on the same day still needs to be accounted for by the government. Customs clearance quotas and high-speed rail ticket purchase arrangements. Some scholars believe that 150,000 to 200,000 people are newly diagnosed or awaiting recovery in Hong Kong every day, which is sufficient to withstand the risks brought by customs clearance in the Mainland.
Hong Kong will clear customs with the mainland in phases next Sunday at the earliest, during which there will be a “preset appropriate” number of people, and gradually increase the frequency of sea, land and air transportation to and from the mainland. The Hong Kong government also recommends that passengers travel between the two places must A negative nucleic acid test result was obtained in advance. Members of the “A4 Alliance” Legislative Council Zhang Xinyu and Yang Yongjie received inquiries from this newspaper, both believed that they would be able to pass the quarantine with the mainland on that day, and the details are yet to be announced by the Hong Kong government.
Zhang Xinyu: The high-speed rail may fail to resume on the first day of customs clearance
A number of staff from the High Speed Rail West Kowloon Station returned yesterday to inspect and clean station facilities. MTR replied to this newspaper that it is now intensively preparing for customs clearance, including inspection facilities, arranging for employees to return to their original positions for training and preparation, etc., to ensure that everything is running smoothly and is ready. Further information will be announced in due course. Zhang Xinyu, who used to work for the MTR, quoted his former colleagues who worked at West Kowloon Station as saying that he has not received any further news regarding the resumption of train services. The trainees currently receiving training are mainly station attendants seconded to work at other stations. Regarding the high-speed train captain, he said that there are a small number of shifts every day to pick up staff from Shenzhen to work in Hong Kong, and only some of them have to take the job qualification examination once more.
Regarding the quotas for the first stage of customs clearance, Zhang Xinyu believes that it depends on whether the Mainland will reopen the independent travel, if not, there is no need to set any quotas, because the number of Hong Kong people who hold home return permits and the mainland people who come to Hong Kong with business visas is limited. If independent travel is reopened, the quota can be set at regarding 30% by referring to the number of arrivals in early 2019. He continued to point out that it is unknown whether the successful purchase of high-speed rail tickets is equivalent to obtaining a customs clearance quota. It is expected that the government will take time to solve the problem, and the high-speed rail may not resume on the first day of customs clearance.
Yang Yongjie said that referring to the current number of people trying to book quarantine hotels in Shenzhen every day, the daily quota of 30,000 is enough, but he hopes that the quota at the Shenzhen Bay Control Station will be more than that of Luohu and Lok Ma Chau. Bus services are still suspended, and citizens are advised to enter the Mainland via Shenzhen Bay. In the business sector, the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, Shi Lide, expressed on a radio program that he hoped that there would be a daily quota of 30,000 to 50,000 at the initial stage of customs clearance.
Tian Beichen, member of the Legislative Council of the Real Politics Roundtable, quoted news to the media that the high-speed rail will only provide short-distance services to and from Shenzhen and Guangzhou in the initial stage, and it is expected to start selling tickets within a few days. Zhang Xinyu pointed out that it is not technically difficult to provide only short-distance trains for train dispatching. Yang Yongjie does not object to only short-distance trains, and believes that passengers can transfer to other high-speed rail lines at that time. The authorities are currently discussing the customs clearance plan, which will be announced in due course, so that those who plan to travel between the two places can make appropriate preparations.
Jin Dongyan pointed out that mainlanders should complete vaccinations when coming to Hong Kong
There were 20,230 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong yesterday, 367 of which were imported cases. Jin Dongyan, a professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, said yesterday that the local epidemic situation has become localized, and the prevalence rate data of the University of Hong Kong shows that 150,000 to 200,000 people are newly diagnosed or awaiting recovery every day. risks of. He also said that mainland tourists should be on par with overseas tourists and must complete the vaccination of the new crown vaccine, of which Kexing should receive three injections.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/Local/1.8 Customs Clearance – High Speed Rail Ready to Go – Customs Clearance Quota Ticket Purchase Arrangement Still Not Finalized / 355340?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
