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Hong Kong government urged to scrap travel bubble plan with Singapore

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JUL 9, 2021, 5:47 PM SGT
HONG KONG - Hong Kong lawmakers on Friday (July 9) urged the government to give up plans for a travel bubble with Singapore, given the Republic's strategy shift towards learning to live with Covid-19, local media reported.
At a Legislative Council meeting, lawmakers said Hong Kong must hold onto its goal of maintaining zero local Covid-19 infections, so that travel between the territory and the mainland can resume as soon as possible, public broadcaster RTHK reported.
Roundtable lawmaker Michael Tien said Hong Kong should not offer quarantine-free travel to people from places that do not have the same "Covid zero" target.
"The mainland will not tolerate any loopholes at our airport. If Singapore really changes its anti-pandemic target, the government can stop talking to the country about setting up a travel bubble," he said.
As Singapore's vaccination campaign gathers pace, the government's stance has shifted towards learning to live with the virus rather than pursuing a so-called Covid-Zero approach of eliminating it altogether.
Alice Mak of the Federation of Trade Unions said a travel bubble would be beneficial to the tourism industry, but she said "the cost would be too high" if it jeopardises Hong Kong's pandemic situation