Mainland, Taiwan, Macao Provisional Vaccine Pass
Dear Food and Health Bureau,
Seasons greetings and many thanks in advance for responding to this query.
4 concise queries regarding the issuance of provisional vaccine passes.
1. Would we be able to confirm this practice of issuing provisional vaccine passes to those from Mainland China, Macao and Taiwan without having fulfilled the 2 dose regiment of Covid 19 vaccine has ended as of September 2022?
2. Can we confirm the number of those 180 day provisional vaccine passes issued during 2022 from Mainland China, Macao and Taiwan without having fulfilled the required regiment of Covid 19 vaccine, monthly breakdown if possible?
3. Why has the Secretary for Health not voided/ invalidated these provisional vaccine passes considering the amendment to legislation that permits him to do so has been in place for over a month?
4. When can we expect the cancellation/ voiding of the aforementioned passes considering the grave risk to residents of Hong Kong and persons carrying such provisional passes should they enter high risk settings?
Many thanks,
Concerned Resident
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Dear Sir/Madam,
The Health Bureau has received your application under the Code on Access
to Information on 24 December 2022. Your application is now under
processing.
According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, you will
be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or before 13
January 2023.
In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[1][email address] if you have any enquiry. Thank you.
(Ricky LEUNG)
Health Bureau
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Health Bureau is processing your application under the Code on Access
to Information on 24 December 2022. Your application is now under
processing. As we need more time to collate a reply to your questions, we
will let you have a reply on or before 10 February 2023.
In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[1][email address] if you have any enquiry. Thank you.
(Ricky LEUNG)
Health Bureau
From: Enquiry HHB/HHB
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2022 5:39 PM
To: 'Christopher Chigbue' <[2][FOI #1257 email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Mainland, Taiwan, Macao
Provisional Vaccine Pass
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Health Bureau has received your application under the Code on Access
to Information on 24 December 2022. Your application is now under
processing.
According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, you will
be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or before 13
January 2023.
In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[3][email address] if you have any enquiry. Thank you.
(Ricky LEUNG)
Health Bureau
Dear Sir/Madam,
Regarding your application under the Code on Access to Information on 24
December 2022, our consolidated reply is as follows:
With the lifting the Vaccine Pass requirement starting from 29 December
2022, the Provisional Vaccine Pass arrangement is no longer applicable and
issued to inbound travellers.
As for the relevant historical statistics for Provisional Vaccine Pass,
the number of Provisional Vaccine Pass issued in 2022 by months (including
those issued at boundary control points or designated post offices) are
listed in the table below. The Health Bureau does not maintain the
breakdown of Provisional Vaccine Pass issued to inbound travellers who are
not fully vaccinated. We regret to inform you that we are unable to
provide the relevant breakdown as requested in accordance with section
1.14 of the code on access to information.
Month No. of Provisional Vaccine Pass issued
May 2022 62 800
Jun 2022 102 413
Jul 2022 126 183
Aug 2022 184 894
Sep 2022 158 654
Oct 2022 268 865
Nov 2022 418 742
Dec 2022 535 450
You may request a review of our decision if you are not satisfied with our
decision. You may also lodge a complaint to The Ombudsman through the
following means:
30/F, China Merchants Tower,
Shun Tak Centre,
168-200 Connaught Road Central,
Hong Kong
Tel: 2629 0555
Email: [1][email address]
Thank you for your attention to the above matters.
(Ricky LEUNG)
Health Bureau
From: Enquiry HHB/HHB
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2023 3:52 PM
To: 'Christopher Chigbue' <[2][FOI #1257 email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Mainland, Taiwan, Macao
Provisional Vaccine Pass
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Health Bureau is processing your application under the Code on Access
to Information on 24 December 2022. Your application is now under
processing. As we need more time to collate a reply to your questions, we
will let you have a reply on or before 10 February 2023.
In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[3][email address] if you have any enquiry. Thank you.
(Ricky LEUNG)
Health Bureau
From: Enquiry HHB/HHB
Sent: Friday, December 30, 2022 5:39 PM
To: 'Christopher Chigbue' <[4][FOI #1257 email]>
Subject: Re: Freedom of Information request - Mainland, Taiwan, Macao
Provisional Vaccine Pass
Dear Sir/Madam,
The Health Bureau has received your application under the Code on Access
to Information on 24 December 2022. Your application is now under
processing.
According to paragraph 1.16 of the Code on Access to Information, you will
be informed of the latest progress of the case separately on or before 13
January 2023.
In the meantime, please contact us by e-mail at
[5][email address] if you have any enquiry. Thank you.
(Ricky LEUNG)
Health Bureau
