Coronavirus: Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble unlikely for now, but commerce minister urges patience, says vaccines offer sliver of hope


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HONG KONG, Jan 2 (SCMP): Hong Kong’s commerce minister is not optimistic about resuming talks on the postponed travel bubble with Singapore, citing the surging Covid-19 pandemic worldwide, but he has offered a sliver of hope for eager travellers by pointing to vaccines.

In a wide-ranging interview, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Edward Yau Tang-wah said the prospect of quarantine-free air travel agreements, while bleak in the near term, could be rescued if inoculation drives turned the tide against the coronavirus.

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