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Large-scale demonstrations can occur across Hong Kong. If you test positive for COVID-19 you'll be kept in a hospital isolation ward until you meet discharge requirements. A range of measures are in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.Check arrangements with your transport provider and follow the advice of local authorities. Access to cross-border transport with mainland China may be unavailable or limited. If you enter the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, you can apply for a visa at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong border. If you're travelling from Hong Kong to China (PRC), you'll need a PRC visa.Contact the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Sydney for details. You generally won't need a tourist visa if you stay less than 90 days. Hong Kong has separate immigration regulations to China.Refer to the Hong Kong International Airport website for further details or contact your airline or travel agent before travelling.
You must provide a valid negative COVID-19 (nucleic acid) test issued within 72 hours before your departure flight. Check the Hong Kong COVID-19 Government Website for the latest details.Check the Hong Kong COVID-19 Government Website if travelling from elsewhere and/or have not been vaccinated.You also can't enter Hong Kong if you have been in Australia for more than 2 hours on the day of boarding or during the 21 days before that day. If you're travelling from Australia, you can't enter Hong Kong unless you're a fully vaccinated Hong Kong resident. Australia is now listed as a ‘high risk place’.This will prevent the Australian Government from providing you with those services. Hong Kong law allows dual nationals of Chinese descent to register their Australian nationality with the Immigration Department. If you're travelling to mainland China, use your Australian passport. However, if local authorities consider you a citizen of China, they may refuse to grant you access to Australian consular services.The Australian Government may be unable to help if you're a dual national and you don't travel on your Australian passport. Chinese law doesn't recognise dual nationality.It's illegal to take part in public demonstrations without government approval.Penalties include heavy fines and jail time. Don't use, carry or traffic illegal drugs.The Australian Government can't intervene in the Hong Kong judicial process.You may be at increased risk of detention on vaguely defined national security grounds. The maximum penalty under this law in Hong Kong is life imprisonment. You could break the law without intending to. The new national security law for Hong Kong could be interpreted broadly.Contact your travel operator about delays. If the warning level is Typhoon 8 or above, businesses, transport services and the Australian Consulate-General will close. Get legal advice before sending money or signing documents. Never carry anything for someone you don't know.
Fake arrests, lotteries, or schemes involving property, holiday clubs or timeshares occur. Scammers may ask for help carrying luggage, or ask for money. Don't accept food, drink, cigarettes or gum from strangers. This may lead to theft or credit card fraud.
Travellers have had drinks spiked in bars and nightclubs.Thieves target tourist spots and crowded places, such as markets and trains. Violent crime is rare, but some petty crime happens.If there are signs of disorder, move away quickly to a safe place. Plan ahead to avoid demonstrations by monitoring local media, including key online sources. Road closures, transport disruptions, including to the MTR and Airport Express, and closures of shopping centres and businesses can happen at short notice.Police have used tear gas, live ammunition, rubber bullets and pepper spray, including in popular tourist, residential and enclosed areas. 'Flash mob' demonstrations can take place with little or no warning, with instances of violence and vandalism. Protests have abated but violent confrontation between protesters and police, opposing groups or criminally-linked individuals may occur.