Senior executives who are fully vaccinated can apply to be exempted from a 21-day hotel quarantine.
Five days before their trip, those applying for quarantine exemption have to provide the SFC with a copy of their passport photo page or identity card, an itinerary of their visit and proof that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19.
Anyone granted the exemption is allowed to attend only activities listed in the itinerary supplied to authorities and has to self-isolate otherwise. Separately last week, Hong Kong warned that it could have to throw away vast stores of coronavirus vaccines because of people's reluctance to be injected.
The low take-up rate has been blamed on a relatively small number of infections and distrust of the government.
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