Hong Kong has no ‘timeline’ for easing tough international border controls
港府官员：香港没有放松严格入境限制的“时间表”
Hong Kong has “no definitive timeline” for lifting restrictions on international borders this year, a top official has said, despite the heavy toll the city’s zero-Covid policy has taken on its role as a transport and financial hub.
香港一名高级官员表示，尽管“清零”政策使香港作为交通和金融中心的角色付出了沉重代价，但香港今年对取消国际入境限制“没有明确时间表”。
Hong Kong’s elimination strategy, which involves 21 days of quarantine for international arrivals, has made it increasingly difficult for executives to use the city as a regional hub. Passenger flights to eight countries, including the UK and US, have been banned and air freight services reduced to a number of states.
香港的“清零”防疫策略——包括对国际入境人员进行21天隔离——使得高管们越来越难以把这座城市作为一个区域中心。包括英国和美国在内的8个国家的客运航班已被禁止赴港，航空货运服务也仅限于少数几个国家。
But the chaos wrought by the global Omicron outbreak has reinforced the Hong Kong government and public’s confidence in the city’s zero-Covid strategy, Edward Yau, secretary for commerce and economic development, told the Financial Times in an interview.
但香港商务及经济发展局局长邱腾华(Edward Yau)在接受英国《金融时报》采访时表示，Omicron全球疫情造成的混乱，增强了港府和公众对香港“清零”抗疫策略的信心。
