Hong Kong: Full clearance will be reached soon!

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On January 31, HKSAR Chief Executive Li Ka-chiu said during a meeting with the media before attending the Executive Council meeting that the SAR government maintained close contact with the mainland authorities during the Chinese New Year, and the progress was positive and confident that a comprehensive customs clearance would soon be reached with the mainland, including the abolition of nucleic acid testing requirements at border crossings, increasing the number of open crossings and abolishing the headcount arrangement.

Li Ka-chiu pointed out that the SAR government hopes to free Hong Kong from the epidemic in 2023 and gradually return to normal. He said, there are reports that the local catering industry turnover will break 10 billion Hong Kong dollars, the retail industry growth is also strong, the public feel the New Year vibrant, various industries are alive and well.

Li said that with the lifting of the quarantine order on January 30, Hong Kong has entered a new normal to control the epidemic. 2023 will also focus on economic development, the promotion of Hong Kong, and the full return to normal.

Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link

Daily tickets increased to 30,000 in both directions

On January 30, the Transport and Logistics Bureau of the HKSAR Government said that the number of daily tickets for the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link will increase by 5,000 in each direction from January 31, bringing the total to 30,000.

Hong Kong recently ushered in a wave of return to Hong Kong

The number of arrivals exceeded 180,000 on the 29th

In the past few days, there has been a large number of people at several land crossings connecting Hong Kong and the mainland. 29 nights, long queues were formed near Futian and Shenzhen Bay ports in Shenzhen.

According to the statistics of the Immigration Department of the SAR Government, on January 29, the total number of people entering Hong Kong via the eight control points in Hong Kong exceeded 180,000, reaching 183,943,000, an increase of 50,000 compared to 133,726,000 on the 28th.

In terms of the distribution of arrivals, the number of Hong Kong residents arriving reached 165,264,000, accounting for nearly 90% of the total. Mainland visitors made 11.58 million arrivals, far short of the daily land border crossing quota limit.

In terms of the distribution of arrivals by port, the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line (Futian) port has the highest number of arrivals with 54,480,000; the second largest number of arrivals is at the airport with 41,125,000; the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge has the third largest number of arrivals with 33,020,000.