{"id":7009,"date":"2020-06-03T20:14:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T20:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=7009"},"modified":"2026-04-24T04:44:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T07:44:20","slug":"hong-konh-quarantine-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-konh-quarantine-casinos","title":{"rendered":"HK extends quarantine for arrivals from mainland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Travellers from China, Macau and Taiwan will have to go through the 14-day quarantine until July 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong.- Hong Kong will extend its mandatory quarantine for all inbound travellers coming from mainland China, Macau and Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Macao SAR and Taiwan measures were set to expire on June 7, but will be extended for another month until to July 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travellers arriving from Macau, Taiwan or anywhere in China will continue to have to see through a compulsory 14-day quarantine, which could impact casinos’ plans to quickly recover<\/a><\/em><\/strong> ground lost during lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a press conference, the Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan announced<\/em><\/strong> the extension, saying the local government was considering relaxing restrictions on arrivals in a bid to exchange economic activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But the measures had been extended because of new Covid-19 cases identified in recent days. Chan Siu-chee said: \u201cIt is expected that there may be sporadic infection cases or even small outbreaks in the community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for arrivals from further afield, Hong Kong will extend its mandatory quarantine until Sept 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel restrictions have had a huge impact on the casino business. Visitor arrivals in Macau totaled just 11,041 in April, down 99.7 per cent on April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some Macau casinos remain open with reduced capacities and operations, the new extension of the quarantine measures throws doubt on the arrangement that officials in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau<\/a><\/em><\/strong> had prepared to allow residents to move freely.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Travellers from China, Macau and Taiwan will have to go through the 14-day quarantine until July 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Hong Kong has extended its mandatory 14-day quarantine for inbound travelers from mainland China, Macau, and Taiwan until July 7, and for other international arrivals until September 18, citing new COVID-19 cases. This regulatory decision significantly impedes the recovery trajectory for Macau's gaming sector, further delaying the resumption of cross-border visitation critical for GGR generation. The extension casts doubt on previously discussed arrangements for unrestricted movement within the Greater Bay Area.","focusai_entities":"Sophia Chan, Chan Siu-chee, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau, China, Taiwan, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Q3","query":"What is the revised GGR forecast for Macau's gaming sector in Q3, considering the extended quarantine measures and their impact on key source markets?"},{"label":"Greater Bay Travel Bubble","query":"How does the extended quarantine period impact the feasibility and timeline for establishing a quarantine-free travel bubble within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[12436,1619,12598],"class_list":["post-7009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-casinos","tag-hong-kong","tag-quarantine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7009"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777007406,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7009\/revisions\/777007406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}