The Hong Kong leader said the SAR is making “good progress” in talks with the mainland authorities over the reopening of borders. Speaking at a weekly press briefing, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said Hong Kong officials will soon meet with mainland authorities a second time to discuss a formal reopening of the border. “The central government and the Hong Kong SAR fully understand that the top priority in Hong Kong is to gradually resume cross border travel between Hong Kong and the mainland for business purposes and other urgent needs,” said Lam. The Hong Kong leader reiterated that opening the border with China remained the priority over liberalizing travel with the rest of the world. “Hopefully by then, we have opened up the border with China and we might have conditions favorable to open up the border to other places.”

Source: The Standard November 09, 2021 05:20 UTC