Feel strongly about these letters, or any other aspects of the news? Share your views by emailing us your Letter to the Editor at letters@scmp.com or filling in this Google form . Submissions should not exceed 400 words, and must include your full name and address, plus a phone number for verification. I am writing to appeal for the kind assistance of the Food and Health Bureau for me, and many others, stranded in Toronto who are trying to make their way back to Hong Kong. The situation is: I have a return Air Canada ticket to Hong Kong from Toronto via a direct flight on April 17 but because of the pandemic, Air Canada rescheduled my flight to Hong Kong on May 2 but via an indirect route, with stopovers first in Vancouver and Tokyo, resulting in a total of 27 hours’ flight time. According to the Hong Kong government’s requirements, inbound travellers need to show a negative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test which must be taken no earlier than 48 hours before. In my case, it means that the earliest possible time for me to take the PCR test here in Toronto would be early in the morning on May 1, which is a Sunday. I checked online and found that most, if not all, accredited test centres doing the PCR test for travellers only say that the test result will be available within 24 hours. As May 1 is a Sunday, most test centres here in Toronto either do not operate, or open at 10am. So there is a good chance I cannot get my result by the early morning of May 2. For internationals flight to Hong Kong, one has to check in three hours before the scheduled flight, and in my case, it will be 4.30am on May 2 Toronto time. So if I don’t get the result earlier, how can I upload all the required information to the Food and Health Bureau website to get the QR code required? I am sure I am not the only one facing this predicament, but that it is applicable to thousands of travellers to Hong Kong who are dependent on indirect flights, which are very common these days. I would humbly recommend that the Hong Kong government change back to the previous 72-hour rule for the PCR test, so that sufficient time is given to international travellers to do the PCR test and upload the necessary information to obtain the QR code. The chief executive has announced the relaxation of social distancing on April 21. In line with this, returning to the 72-hour rule makes sense and will go a long way towards helping thousands of Hongkongers stranded overseas but wishing very much to return home. Ping K. Chiu, Kadoorie Hill Brownface in TV drama shows need to work on inclusion Hong Kong is known as an international city, but a recent television drama in which a Canadian-born Chinese actress darkened her skin – a practice known as brownface – to play a Filipino domestic worker shows Hong Kong is still far from being a truly inclusive community. As a member of Hong Kong’s ethnic minority communities, I am happy to that see more of us today are highly educated. Recently, one of my friends, Aljon Rae Grospe , a Hong Kong-Filipino and local university graduate, shared his experiences as an ethnic minority member of the Hong Kong community in a TEDx talk. He talked about how going to a school designated for ethnic minority students meant he faced challenges, such as integrating into the larger society, while playing rugby at university was the key that opened doors for him to interact with ethnic Chinese Hongkongers. However, he still often gets questioned about his cultural identity by many. How might we tackle the issue? Getting to know each other perhaps is the first step we can take. It may seem easy, but research by the Equal Opportunities Commission revealed that nearly 50 per cent of ethnic minority students never or rarely interact with their ethnic Chinese counterparts. Recently, I have been engaged in a local education programme D-Generation, in which the organiser gets Chinese and non-Chinese students together to take part in skills training and community internship. I treasure this opportunity to widen my horizons and equip myself further for the future. At the same time, the programme has given me a chance to collaborate with different Chinese students in Hong Kong. In fact, in this increasingly globalised world, we will have more occasions to interact with people from all over the world and, hence, it is important for us to make a start in understanding and interacting with different ethnic groups in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, I hope we can widen our perspectives on the topic of social inclusion and in so doing gradually have an immense impact on Hong Kong’s community and economy. Navpreet Kaur, Choi Hung One step John Lee could take to unite Hongkongers It is good to learn that Mr John Lee Ka-chiu’s intention, if elected as chief executive of Hong Kong, would be to unite the people of our city. Indeed, the last few years saw us torn asunder into blue and yellow camps; now we need to go green. An idea which may be worth considering is allowing all holders of a permanent Hong Kong identity card to automatically be eligible for full citizenship of China. This would permit all to become members of the same nation. The two systems can remain as they do in terms of travel (between Hong Kong and China for people holding the home visit permit ), tax, the administration of the law for both criminal and civil proceedings, and the systems of governance. Thus, the uniqueness of Hong Kong will be preserved. Basically, Hong Kong would join the motherland as other special administrative regions and autonomous regions within China do, except for the issues mentioned above. Henceforth, there will be Chinese, then Cantonese, Shanghainese, Macanese, Hongkongese, etc. The fingers are all different but belong to the same hand. James A. Elms, Wan Chai