General
Hong Kong and Singapore to start quarantine-free travel bubble next month
A long-delayed travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore will begin on May 26.
Key points:
- The bubble will be suspended if a seven-day case average rises above five in eaither Singapore or Hong Kong
- Singapore has essential business and official travel arragements with a few other countries
- New cases in Hong Kong and Singapore have crept up in the past week
The bubble between the two Asian financial hubs had been slated to begin last November but was suspended after a spike in coronavirus cases in Hong Kong.
The scheme will start with one flight a day into each city, with up to 200 travellers on each flight, Hong Kong’s Commerce Secretary Edward Yau and Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung said at simultaneous press events.
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