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THE PHILIPPINES WILL RECONSIDER ITS TRAVEL BAN ON MIGRANT WORKERS TO HONG KONG IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, FOREIGN SECRETARY TEODORO LOCSIN WROTE ON TWITTER FEB. 15: "TIME TO ALLOW OUR DOMESTIC WORKERS TO RETURN TO THEIR EMPLOYERS IN HONG KONG. EAGERLY AWAITED. HK HAS BETTER FACILITIES TO CONTAIN VIRUS.”
SHE HAD MOVED TO HONG KONG TWO YEARS AGO WITH DREAMS OF CREATING A BETTER LIFE FOR HER FAMILY. THE JOB IN HONG KONG PAID A BETTER SALARY THAN WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE EARNED BACK HOME, AND SOON AFTER STARTING SHE WAS ABLE TO BUY A PLOT OF LAND IN HER RURAL PROVINCE. SHE BEGAN SETTING ASIDE MONEY EVERY MONTH TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR HER FAMILY.
HE RECOMMENDED THE LIFTING OF THE BAN ON OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS – MAINLY DOMESTIC WORKERS – TO GO BACK TO HONG KONG, SAYING THERE WAS NO CONFIRMED CASE OF WUHAN DISEASE IN THE CITY ON SATURDAY. HE PROMISED TO RECONSIDER LIFTING THE BAN IN 「TWO WEEKS.」
MORE THAN 1,000 FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG AS ENGINEERS, PILOTS AND DOMESTIC HELPERS HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LEAVE PHILIPPINES SINCE FEBRUARY 2 DUE TO CORONAVIRUS BAN
KIMMY CHUNG JOINED THE POST IN 2017 AND REPORTS FOR THE HONG KONG DESK ON LOCAL POLITICS AND HONG KONG-MAINLAND ISSUES. PRIOR TO JOINING THE POST, SHE COVERED HONG KONG POLITICS AND SOCIAL POLICIES FOR MORE THAN SIX YEARS FOR DIFFERENT MEDIA OUTLETS.
ON SUNDAY, THE HEALTH MINISTRY INSTRUCTED ISRAELIS RETURNING FROM THAILAND, SINGAPORE, HONG KONG, AND MACAU TO SELF-QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS, AMID CONCERNS OVER THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE. PREVIOUSLY, ONLY TRAVELERS COMING FROM CHINA WERE SUBJECT TO SUCH A SELF-QUARANTINE.
AS NOVEL CORONAVIRUS SPREADS, OVER 60 COUNTRIES HAVE IMPOSED TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON CHINESE CITIZENS, HOPING TO LIMIT THEIR EXPOSURE TO THE VIRUS THAT HAS KILLED MORE THAN 1,600 PEOPLE, ALMOST ALL IN MAINLAND CHINA, AND INFECTED OVER 68,000 WORLDWIDE. BOTH AUSTRALIA AND THE US HAVE PUT TEMPORARY BANS ON FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO VISITED CHINA IN THE 14 DAYS PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL.
MANILA, FEB. 11 (CNA) THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT MADE CLEAR ON MONDAY EVENING THAT A TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED ON CHINESE VISITORS DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS WILL APPLY TO TAIWAN, CAUSING SOME 150 TAIWANESE PASSENGERS TO BE REFUSED ENTRY AT SEVERAL AIRPORTS.
THE ENTRY AND EXIT RECORD IS NECESSARY AS PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A TAIWAN NATIONAL HAS BEEN TO CHINA, HONG KONG OR MACAU BECAUSE TAIWANESE USE A SPECIAL DOCUMENT KNOWN AS THE "MAINLAND TRAVEL PERMIT FOR TAIWAN RESIDENTS" TO ENTER THOSE AREAS, RATHER THAN THEIR PASSPORTS.
RECRUITMENT CONSULTANT EMMANUEL GESLANI SAID THE TRAVEL BAN MIGHT BECOME COUNTERPRODUCTIVE BECAUSE FILIPINOS IN HONG KONG, MACAO AND ON THE CHINESE MAINLAND WOULD HESITATE TO RETURN TO THE PHILIPPINES NOW THAT THEY KNOW THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN.
THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE NEW CORONAVIRUS IS AMONG THE FACTORS BEING CONSIDERED FOR THE LIFTING OF THE BAN. THE OTHERS ARE THE HEALTH PROTOCOLS AND THE REPORT ON LOCAL TRANSMISSION OF THE COVID-19.
AUTRY AND HER BOYFRIEND, LI, WHO SPOKE ON THE CONDITION THAT ONLY HIS LAST NAME BE USED TO PROTECT HIS PRIVACY GIVEN SENSITIVITIES AROUND THE VIRUS, HAD BEEN SET TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG TO GET ENGAGED. THE COUPLE MET WHILE SHE WAS STUDYING IN CHINA. TWO YEARS LATER, 「HE』S PART OF MY FAMILY,」 SHE SAID.
MOREOVER, REGARDLESS OF THESE RULES, A LOT OF BANKERS ARE THEMSELVES RELUCTANT TO LEAVE HONG KONG FOR CHINA BECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION RISK, SAYS BENJAMIN QUINLAN, A FORMER UBS BANKER WHO NOW RUNS A FINANCE CONSULTANCY IN HONG KONG. THE FACT THAT HONG KONG BANKS ARE ASKING STAFF RETURNING FROM CHINA TO QUARANTINE THEMSELVES FOR 14 DAYS IS ANOTHER BIG DETERRENT, ADDS STANLEY SOH, A HONG KONG-BASED DIRECTOR OF ASIAN FINANCIAL SERVICES SOLUTIONS.
『A SLOWER RETURN TO NORMAL:』 APPLE EXPECTS TO MISS REVENUE TARGETS DUE TO CHINA』S CORONAVIRUS
ASKED IF CHINA WOULD LOBBY TO LIFT THE TRAVEL BAN BEING IMPOSED AGAINST HONG KONG, MACAU AND, EVENTUALLY THE MAINLAND, HUANG REPLIED: 「WE HOPE TO SEE SCIENTIFIC AND CALM RESPONSE, AND SCIENTIFIC MEASURES TO BE TAKEN TO PREVENT AND CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS HERE. WE HOPE THERE WILL BE A REASSESSMENT OF THE SITUATION SO THAT UNNECESSARY MEASURES WILL BE LIFTED.」
BANGLADESH ON SUNDAY SUSPENDED THE ISSUANCE OF VISAS UPON ARRIVAL (VUA) TO CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (2019-NCOV) THREAT. HOWEVER, THE BAN ALSO RESULTED IN SOME TAIWANESE BEING REFUSED ENTRY TO THE COUNTRY, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESPERSON JOANNE OU (歐江安) SAID AT A NEWS CONFERENCE.
THE IRRATIONALITY OF THE BAN, UNDERGIRDED ONLY THE ADMINISTRATION』S SLAVISHNESS TOWARD BEIJING, STOKED SUCH WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE AND CONFUSION THAT BY LATE FRIDAY, DUQUE CONVENED THE IATF AND ANNOUNCED AFTERWARD THAT THE TAIWAN BAN WAS LIFTED 「EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.」
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT THE CONFERENCE THE MAN WAS ATTENDING WAS HOSTED BY A UK COMPANY. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE NOT BELIEVED TO BE "CONTACT TRACING" PEOPLE ON ANY ASIA-UK FLIGHT THE LATEST SUFFERER MAY HAVE TRAVELLED ON. NHS BOSSES ARE EXPECTED TO WARN GPS TO BE ON RED ALERT FOR PATIENTS WITH SYMPTOMS FROM OTHER ASIAN NATIONS LATER TODAY.
MS. YU SETTLED ON A REPLACEMENT FLIGHT TO VIETNAM ON CATHAY PACIFIC, WITH A STOPOVER IN HONG KONG. BUT WHEN SHE WOKE UP ON SATURDAY, VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES HAD SAID NO FLIGHTS FROM HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE COUNTRY. SHE THEN GAVE UP. VIETNAMESE AUTHORITIES ON SUNDAY BACKTRACKED AND LIFTED THE BAN ON FLIGHTS FROM HONG KONG, MACAU AND TAIWAN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE FOR MS. YU.
JORDAN BARRETT MAKES A TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE RUNWAY AS HE WALKS FOR TOMMY HILFIGER AT LONDON FASHION WEEK HE LOOKED EVERY INCH THE FASHIONISTA
TAIPEI, FEB. 4 (CNA) FROM SATURDAY, TAIWANESE WISHING TO VISIT THE PHILIPPINES WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE A RECENT TRAVEL HISTORY WHEN APPLYING FOR A VISA FOLLOWING THE EXTENSION OF A TRAVEL BAN ON FOREIGN TRAVELERS WHO HAVE BEEN TO CHINA OR ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS WITHIN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, ACCORDING TO THE MANILA ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL OFFICE (MECO).
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