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關鍵詞:Hong Kong travel ban
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MIMI RIOS HAS TO PAY 5,000 PHILIPPINE PESOS (HK$768) FOR HER SON’S COLLEGE EXAM FEE THIS WEEK – A SMALL FORTUNE SHE CAN ONLY AFFORD THANKS TO HER JOB AS A HONG KONG DOMESTIC WORKER. BUT SHE IS ONE OF MANY MIGRANT WORKERS FACING AN UNCERTAIN FINANCIAL FUTURE AFTER MANILA IMPOSED A BAN ON TRAVELLERS FROM THE CITY OVER THE DEADLY CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, LEAVING THEM STRANDED AND ANXIOUS.
THE CORONAVIRUS IS CAUSING ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS IN HONG KONG AND MAINLAND CHINA THAT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE THIS YEAR, THE BANK WARNED. THE BANK LOWERED EXPECTATIONS FOR GROWTH ACROSS ASIA FOR THIS YEAR BUT ADDED THAT IT EXPECTED TO SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT ONCE THE VIRUS WAS CONTAINED. NEARLY HALF OF THE BANK』S REVENUE COMES FROM ASIA.
A GOVERNMENT TASK FORCE DECIDED TO EXEMPT THOSE WORKING IN HONG KONG AND MACAU FROM THE TRAVEL BAN “SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FORMALITIES,” FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY BRIGIDO DULAY SAID ON HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT ON TUESDAY. THE GOVERNMENT ALSO LIFTED ON FEB. 14 A DAYS-OLD TRAVEL BAN ON TAIWAN.
THAT MORNING, ON FEB. 2, PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE OF THE PHILIPPINES HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY TRAVEL BAN THAT BARRED FLIGHTS ARRIVING FROM MAINLAND CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU. AT THE AIRPORT, OFFICIALS TOLD MS. DORINGO THAT THE BAN ALSO APPLIED TO FILIPINO TRAVELERS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
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."
TAIWANESE STARTUP CARRIER STARLUX AIRLINES, WHICH ANNOUNCED ON FEB. 12 IT WILL POSTPONE THE LAUNCH OF ITS TAOYUAN-CEBU ROUTE ON APRIL 6 UNTIL JULY 1, SAID IT WILL MAINTAIN THAT DECISION EVEN THOUGH THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT LIFTED THE BAN THAT WAS EXTENDED TO TAIWAN ON FEB. 10 FROM CHINA, HONG KONG AND MACAU, DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC.

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