The government says it is working on a scheme that will allow passengers arriving in Hong Kong to pick up their bags on the other side of the estuary – as well as avoid Hong Kong immigration.
Lei Wai Nong
The pledge was made by Macao’s finance secretary, Lei Wai Nong, during yesterday’s Hengqin 2023 Global Investment Promotion Conference.
Speaking at a Labour Day function, Lei Wai Nong also talked up the government’s record on workers’ rights despite international criticism.
Local hotels and tour operators are counting on a big surge in visitor numbers over the Labour Day holiday to add fresh impetus to Macao’s emergence from the pandemic.
Nearly a dozen deals have been signed at a top-level investment and tourism gathering in the Portuguese capital, timed to coincide with the chief executive’s visit.
During his audience with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, Ho was given an honour for services rendered to Portugal.
If the streets seemed a little crowded last Saturday, it’s because the city’s tourism sector was busy welcoming more visitors than it has seen on any other day in 2023.
Finance chief Lei Wai Nong tells legislators that the measure was an extraordinary one, only designed to relieve financial difficulties faced by residents during the pandemic.
Around 3 million Hong Kong visitors expected by year’s end, less than half pre-pandemic annual total of 7 million.