Hong Kong customs clearance or postponement, but the quota doubled to 5000 per day?
Recently, Hong Kong has reached a critical period of two-way customs clearance. A few days ago, Hong Kong media also broke the customs clearance schedule: small customs clearance in early December; large customs clearance in February and March; and full customs clearance in June.
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Unexpectedly, in just a few days, there will be new changes due to the risk of the Legislative Council election port and the attack of the variant virus Omicron.
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It was originally rumored that the quarantine-free "small customs clearance" that could be implemented in early December may be postponed until late December before it is expected to start.
Although customs clearance may be delayed, the Hong Kong government has not given up. And also prepared a wave of gifts!
The original 1000 small clearance quota may be increased to 5000-6000!
What's the specific situation, let's take a look...
The specific date of customs clearance must be reviewed by Beijing
A group of mainland experts visited Hong Kong last week and showed that they are satisfied with the various epidemic prevention arrangements of the Hong Kong government.
Hong Kong Chief Secretary for Administration Li Jiachao led a number of officials to Shenzhen last Thursday (25th) to hold a second matchmaking meeting with experts from the Mainland Health Commission. After returning to Hong Kong, he publicly stated:
Mainland experts confirmed that Hong Kong has the conditions for customs clearance, indicating that "small customs clearance" only has specific technical arrangements left, including the announcement of the real-name "Hong Kong Health Code" by the Innovation and Technology Bureau, and the connection between the Hong Kong Health Code and "Travel with Peace".
It is understood that the Hong Kong government authorities are still drafting a specific customs clearance plan, and the implementation date needs to be submitted to Beijing for deliberation. Therefore, customs clearance is temporarily impossible in early December, but the specific date must be within December.
The Hong Kong government is striving to substantially increase the number of customs clearance quotas from 1,000 to 5,000 to 6,000 per day, and hopes to implement it before Christmas or New Year's Eve.
In addition, the current fuse mechanism of the two places is still to be determined. The Hong Kong government believes that the conditions for suspension of customs clearance if there is a local diagnosis are too "spicy", and hope that the two groups can break out in Hong Kong at the same time as the "fuse point".
Will Omicron affect customs clearance?
The Omicron variant virus is coming violently. According to the World Health Organization, Omicron has a global overall risk assessment of "very high" and may spread widely throughout the world.
There have been three confirmed cases of Omicron variant virus in Hong Kong so far.
In the face of Omicron, this time the Hong Kong government is highly vigilant and responds urgently! So far, three cases of the new variant virus have been successfully blocked from flowing into the community.
Xu Shuchang, a government expert consultant and chair professor of the Department of Respiratory System at CUHK, believes that as long as Hong Kong continues to do a good job in foreign defense imports, it will not affect the process of customs clearance with the mainland.
The Director of the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau, Chen Zhaoshi, emphasized that there are currently no cases of Omicron variant virus that will have any impact on customs clearance between Hong Kong and the Mainland. The SAR government will continue to strictly prevent imports.
Although people are still guessing whether there will be any variables in the time of "customs clearance", they believe that the Hong Kong government's efforts to prevent and control will surely pave the way for orderly "customs clearance" and lay a solid foundation.
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