MR YIU SI-WING (in Cantonese):

President, Singapore, which has set up a travel bubble with Hong Kong, requires Hong Kong people to install a mobile app called "TraceTogether" before entry, so as to minimize the risk posed to Singapore by arrivals. If the Hong Kong Government requires all visitors to download the "LeaveHomeSafe" mobile app, it will allay people's concern about the risk posed by overseas or Mainland visitors when they come to Hong Kong. This is supposed to be good software. However, if the Government requests visitors to download this app but some venues use it while some do not, how can it put forward this mandatory requirement? For this reason, I think the Government should at least require all the public places and shopping venues to put the QR code in place. Even though, as the Government said, public participation is voluntary, at least visitors, after entering Hong Kong, will know that the code is available at these venues, and they can read the records after scanning it. Can the Government do this? I am not asking all members of the public to participate.

SECRETARY FOR INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY (in Cantonese):

We will take forward the relevant work progressively. As I have reported to Members earlier, President, over 10 000 venues in Hong Kong have registered to participate in the scheme. We will press ahead with the relevant work in response to the circumstances. Will we finally reach such a stage that due to the volatile epidemic situation, the Government has to consider requiring certain places to display the QR code for use by members of the public? At the present moment, we do not have such a plan, but let me emphasize that we will act in a timely and appropriate manner having regard to the epidemic situation, and implement the relevant work progressively.