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BREAKING: OFWs working in Hong Kong, Macau now exempted from travel ban @ 2020-02-18T20: 返回 新闻热点
关键词:Hong Kong travel ban
概念:
TESS AQUINO, A PERMANENT RESIDENT WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR 23 YEARS, SAID: "I HAVE ATTEMPTED ALL POSSIBLE WAYS TO RETURN BACK TO HONG KONG. I WAS TOLD BY MY COMPANY TO TRY TRAVELLING TO HONG KONG VIA VIETNAM."
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.
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.
THOUSANDS OF OFWS BOUND FOR HONG KONG AND MACAU WERE LEFT STRANDED IN THE PHILIPPINES AFTER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE ON FEBRUARY 2 IMPOSED A TRAVEL BAN TO CHINA AND ITS SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS. THEY HAVE APPEALED TO THE GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW THEM TO RETURN TO THEIR JOBS.
THIS, AFTER THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF EMERGING AND RE-EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES DECIDED TO EXEMPT OFWS RETURNING TO HONG KONG AND MACAU FROM THE OUTWARD TRAVEL BAN IMPOSED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS DISEASE IN THE COUNTRY.
CITING REPORTS FROM TOUR GUIDES, THE OFFICIAL SAID 106 TAIWANESE TRAVELERS TRAPPED AT THE KALIBO AIRPORT WERE TO RETURN TO TAIWAN ON TUESDAY, WHILE THOSE AT THE MANILA AIRPORT WERE DUE TO FLY HOME ON A CHINA AIRLINES FLIGHT SCHEDULED TO DEPART AT 10:45 A.M.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE TRAVEL BAN ON AUSTRALIA’S TOURISM AND EDUCATION SECTORS IS ESTIMATED TO SLASH 0.5% FROM AUSTRALIA’S GDP GROWTH IN THE FIRST QUARTER, ACCORDING TO ANALYSTS FROM ANZ BANK.
INITIALLY, THE HEALTH MINISTRY DECIDED AGAINST TAKING ACTION TO DETECT THE CORONAVIRUS, KNOWN AS COVID-19, AT BEN-GURION ENTRY POINTS TO AVOID CREATING GRATUITOUS PANIC. THAT INCLUDED NOT MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF PEOPLE ARRIVING FROM SPECIFIC POINTS OF ORIGIN, SUCH AS CHINA OR HONG KONG. WHILE SUCH A STANCE MAY HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE EPIDEMIC’S SPREAD, IT ISN’T SO ANY MORE, THE AIRPORTS AUTHORITY SOURCE SAID, ADDING THAT THE HEALTH MINISTRY SHOULD TAKE A MORE DECISIVE ACTION.
THE AIRLINE WILL RESUME HONG KONG SERVICES ON AN AIR NEW ZEALAND AIRCRAFT FROM 21 APRIL THROUGH TO 31 MAY BUT WILL REDUCE RETURN FLIGHTS TO FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS RALLIED FOR A SECOND DAY IN HONG KONG TO PROTEST AGAINST PLANS TO TURN SOME BUILDINGS INTO CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE CENTRES, REVIVING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS IN THE CHINESE-RULED CITY.
DEUTSCHE BANK FACES DEPARTURES OVER CONTRACTOR PAY CUT
AMERICAN AIRLINES WILL PERMIT TRAVELERS TO DELAY THEIR TRIPS FOR UP TO ONE YEAR FROM THE ORIGINAL TICKET DATE WITHOUT CHANGE FEES (BUT WITH PAYMENT OF ANY DIFFERENCE IN FARE). REFUNDS ARE OFFERED ONLY FOR FLIGHTS TO WUHAN. EMIRATES PASSENGERS MAY REQUEST A REFUND IF THEY NO LONGER WISH TO TRAVEL TO SHANGHAI, BEIJING OR GUANGZHOU (FOR TRAVEL UP TO FEB. 6) OR CHANGE THEIR TRAVEL DATES (FOR TRAVEL UP TO FEB. 29).
* HONG KONG SERVICES WILL BE ADJUSTED FROM 7 RETURN SERVICES PER WEEK TO 4 RETURN SERVICES PER WEEK FROM 21 APRIL – 31 MAY FURTHER COMPANY COVERAGE:
JAPANESE HEALTH WORKERS HAVE BEGUN SCREENING 273 PEOPLE WHO DISPLAYED SYMPTOMS OR HAD COME INTO CONTACT WITH A MAN WHO GOT OFF THE BOAT IN HONG KONG AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE CORONAVIRUS. SO FAR, 20 OF THE 102 PEOPLE SCREENED HAVE TESTED POSITIVE.

 

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