S’pore and Hong Kong Air Travel Bubble Will Kickstart on May 26, Announce by Ong Ye Kung
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The much-awaited air travel bubble to allow quarantine-free travel between Singapore and Hong Kong will set to take off on May 26 after six months after its initial planned launch. Was planned to start in November last year but was deferred by both countries due to the worsening of the Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong. The Singapore Ministry of Transport (MOT) has announced on Monday, April 26 that the travel bubble will have a cautious start with just one flight a day for each direction and capped at 200 passengers on each flight for the first two weeks.
However, the rules will also be tightened where travelers must remain in either Singapore or Hong Kong in the last 14 days prior to departure and the 14 days period must also exclude any time spent in quarantine or stay-home notice (SHN). Travelers also must download and install Hong Kong’s LeaveHomeSafe app on their mobile devices before leaving Singapore to Hong Kong.
If the air travel bubble has to be suspended when the seven-day moving average of unlinked community cases in either Singapore or Hong Kong increases to above five then it can only resume after the Covid-19 situation has stabilized. The two governments have reached consensus on the latest arrangement and both Singapore and Hong Kong will closely monitor the Covid-19 situation from now to the targeted launch date of May 26 and will proceed with the launch if the situation continues to be steady on both side.
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