Manila Bulletin
Recruiters welcome lifting of Hong Kong travel ban
The Society of Hong Kong Recruiters Accredited to the Philippines (SHARP) will provide travel kits to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) heading to Hong Kong.
These kits contain essential hygiene items like alcohol, face masks, tissues, and soap, along with information on preventing COVID-19.
SHARP welcomed the government's decision to partially lift the travel ban for new hires and returning OFWs to Hong Kong.
This lifting allows approximately 3,000 new hires and 7,000 returning workers to finally depart for Hong Kong.
A new requirement from the Inter-Agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) mandates that departing OFWs must sign a document acknowledging the risks associated with traveling to Hong Kong.
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The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) has partially lifted the travel ban on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) returning to Hong Kong and Macao.
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Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III expressed hope that the travel ban to Taiwan will be lifted soon.
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