HK says Singapore 'travel bubble' announcement 'as soon as practicable'

Singapore and Hong Kong said they hoped a long-delayed air travel bubble between the two cities would start soon, but a date had not been fixed, Reuters reports.

The Commerce and Economic Development Bureau told Reuters that Singapore and Hong Kong were having advanced discussions regarding the air travel bubble and that the government would make an announcement "as soon as practicable.''

An eagerly-anticipated travel link was delayed last year after a resurgence in coronavirus infections in Hong Kong.

Bloomberg News reported, citing sources, that Singapore and Hong Kong had called off an announcement planned for Thursday on the bubble.