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By Contributor - April 26, 2021
Several hundred passengers will get to fly quarantine-free on a daily basis between the two financial hubs.
Left to right: The Supertree Grove at Singaporeâs Gardens by the Bay; a neon-lit street in Hong Kong. (Photos: Hu Chen/Unsplash; Sean Foley/Unsplash)
At two simultaneous press conferences today, Singaporean Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung and Hong Kongâs commerce chief Edward Yau finally gave a definitive start date for the long-delayed Air Travel Bubble between the two cities. The quarantine-free corridor will be established on May 26, confirming the date supplied to Bloomberg by insider sources over the weekend. An announcement previously scheduled for last Thursday was shelved at the last minute for unspecified reasons.
Singapore-Hong Kong Travel Bubble May Be Back On ‘Hopefully Very Soon’
A man with a suitcase looks at a window in Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong
(The Straits Times) The date for the air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong has yet to be fixed but may be “very soon,” the Ministry of Transport (MOT) said Thursday.
Singapore and Hong Kong called off plans to announce the air travel bubble Thursday, according to media reports. The cancellation was initiated by Singapore, according to Bloomberg.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, an MOT spokesman said the two cities have been in close consultations on the travel arrangement, which was initially slated to take off in November last year. The Singapore-Hong Kong accord was
April 22, 2021
he news comes after media reports said Singapore and Hong Kong had called off plans to announce the air travel bubble.
The Straits Times and Reuters
SINGAPORE - The date for the air travel bubble between Singapore and Hong Kong has yet to be fixed, said the Ministry of Transport (MOT) on Thursday (April 22).
The news comes after media reports said Singapore and Hong Kong had called off plans to announce the air travel bubble on Thursday.
The cancellation was initiated by the Singapore side, according to a Bloomberg report.
In response to queries from The Straits Times, an MOT spokesman said that the two cities have been in close consultations on the travel arrangement, which was initially slated to take off in November last year.
The Straits Times
S pore will announce resumption of Hong Kong travel bubble hopefully very soon , no date fixed: MOT
The update comes after media reports said Singapore and Hong Kong had called off plans to announce the air travel bubble.PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI/ AFP
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