8:30am-9:00am: full border reopening between Hong Kong and mainland China

8:30am-9:00am: Iñaki Amate, Chair, The Euorpean Chamber of Commerce

8:30am-9:00am: George Cautherley, the vice-chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce 

8:30am-9:00am: Howie Wong, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Federation of Restaurants & Re-lated Trades

9:00am-9:30am: ‘Hello Hong Kong’

9:00am-9:30am: Stuart Bailey, Chairman, Hong Kong Exhibition & Convention Industry Association 

9:00am-9:30am: Ronald Wu, Ex-Officio Member, Hong Kong Association of Travel Agents 

On Monday's Backchat we're talking about the full border reopening between mainland China and Hong Kong.

Most restrictions will be dropped – no more quotas and pre-departure Covid test for travellers; and no booking is required to cross the border.

But those who have been overseas in the seven days will still need a PCR test done 48 hours before departure from Hong Kong or Macau to the mainland.

All border crossing points, including Lo Wu, Heung Yuen Wai-Liantang and Lok Ma Chau, will reopen.

After 9am, we’ll look at the new “Hello Hong Kong” promotional campaign that’s aimed at attracting vis-itors to the city, with more than 500,000 free plane tickets to be handed out and a million vouchers for tourists.