Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao met the media yesterday morning before the first guild meeting in the Year of the Rabbit. He pointed out that the government has two major goals in its future work, namely focusing on economic development and comprehensively deploying to restore normalcy. He said that during the Lunar New Year period, he communicated closely with the mainland, and he is confident that customs clearance will be fully completed soon, including the cancellation of nucleic acid testing requirements and the number of people, and the opening of more checkpoints. He also announced that a launching ceremony will be held tomorrow (2nd) to introduce key promotional activities in Hong Kong, including a large-scale global promotional campaign with the theme of “Hello, Hong Kong”.
The first phase of customs clearance between Hong Kong and the mainland began on January 8. Li Jiachao described the operation of the port as “good”. He also pointed out that the catering industry is expected to exceed 10 billion yuan in business this month, and the retail industry will also “live and get better” during the Lunar New Year, describing Hong Kong as having entered a new milestone of comprehensive recovery.
Li Jiachao said that the government’s primary goal is to achieve comprehensive customs clearance with the mainland as soon as possible, and has maintained close contact with the mainland authorities during the Spring Festival. The number of ports of entry and the cancellation of customs clearance quotas. As for being in line with international standards, he pointed out that he is studying the cancellation of epidemic prevention restrictions for overseas visitors to Hong Kong, including vaccination and rapid test requirements.
Send air ticket coupons to attract tourists
As the epidemic enters a new stage, Li Jiachao said that in the future, he will focus on economic development and promote Hong Kong in an all-round way, including large-scale global events with the theme of “Hello, Hong Kong! Hello Hong Kong”, and will announce the details of several key projects on Thursday , including sponsored by the Airport Authority, sending 500,000 air tickets to passengers from all over the world and Hong Kong residents. In addition to assisting in the promotion of free air tickets overseas, the HKTB will also launch the “Hong Kong Gifts” campaign to distribute consumer coupons to tourists, covering over 100 restaurants, hotels, and more than 130 attractions and merchants.
In addition, Li Jiachao also pointed out that the government will lead and organize different visiting groups to foreign countries and the mainland to vigorously promote Hong Kong, including business, tourism, culture and people-to-people exchanges. He announced that he will lead a delegation this Saturday to visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, hoping to tell a good story regarding Hong Kong; he will be accompanied by the Deputy Secretary of the Department of Justice, the Director of the Treasury Bureau, the Bureau of Commerce and Economics, and more than 30 people from the business and financial circles. , innovation and technology circles, etc., to strive for huge business opportunities, and hope that this foreign visit will achieve fruitful results.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/Lee Ka-chao-Confident of clearing customs soon-will promote Hong Kong on a global scale/359227?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
