HK-CHINA BORDER TO REOPEN

Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023 and allow tens of thousands of people to cross from each side every day without quarantine, the city’s leader said. The city’s land and sea border checkpoints with the mainland have been largely closed for almost three years under China’s 'zero-Covid' strategy, which has restricted entry to the country, isolated infected people and locked down areas with outbreaks. The reopening is expected to provide a much-needed boost to Hong Kong’s economy. During the first phase of the reopening, four border checkpoints that were closed for nearly three years will resume operations, bringing the number of checkpoints up and running in the city to seven, Lee said. Currently, all but three checkpoints in Hong Kong are shut. The Hong Kong government will decide when to expand the scale of border reopening after reviewing the situation with mainland authorities.

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