Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble to be delayed for two weeks

HONG KONG, Nov 21- A travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore, due to launch on Sunday, will be postponed for two weeks, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development said on Saturday as the city reported a rise in daily coronavirus cases. The travel bubble, which allows people to travel between the two cities without observing quarantine, will be…

HONG KONG, Nov 21 (Reuters) – A travel bubble between Hong

Kong and Singapore, due to launch on Sunday, will be postponed

for two weeks, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Commerce and Economic

Development said on Saturday as the city reported a rise in

daily coronavirus cases.

The travel bubble, which allows people to travel between thetwo cities without observing quarantine, will be revisited inearly December, Edward Yau told media. “Today’s decision is aresponsible decision,” he said.

The suspension comes as the Asian financial hub reported 43new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the highest daily toll innearly three months. It is also facing more than 60 preliminarycases.(Reporting by Joyze Zhou, Julie Zhu and Twinnie Siu. Editing byLincoln Feast)