Singapore hoping to announce Hong Kong travel bubble ‘very soon’ | Inquirer News

Singapore hoping to announce Hong Kong travel bubble ‘very soon’

/ 05:27 PM April 22, 2021

Singapore hoping to announce Hong Kong travel bubble ‘very soon’

People pass the control tower of Singapore’s Changi Airport, Singapore January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Edgar Su

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s transport ministry said on Thursday it hoped a long-delayed air travel bubble with Hong Kong would start soon, but no date had been fixed yet.

A hotly-anticipated travel link between the two Asian financial hubs was delayed last year after a spike in coronavirus cases in Hong Kong. Bloomberg News reported, citing sources, that Singapore and Hong Kong had called off an announcement planned for Thursday on the bubble.

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