Hong Kong eyes November launch for travel bubble with Singapore

Hong Kong expects its proposed air travel bubble with Singapore will start in November, allowing passengers to travel between the two destinations without a 14-day quarantine. “The aim is that within the next month, we can introduce the air travel bubble with Singapore,” said Hong Kong’s CE Carrie Lam Tuesday. Earlier this month, Singapore and Hong Kong reached an in-principle agreement on forming a two-way travel bubble. “Recently, there have been two cases [of Covid-19] in the airport in Singapore, but this has not affected our agreement with Singapore. We have a good bilateral negotiation process,” she said. Lam added that Hong Kong International airport will begin a trial scheme of rapid Covid-19 tests. Depending on the effectiveness of these tests, the government will consider applying them more extensively to arrivals. At present, the Hong Kong government advises travellers that waiting times for the testing process upon arrival may be up to 12 hours or more.<br/>