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Written by: Huang Yongyu
2020-08-23 12:36
Last update date: 2020-08-23 12:36The Liantang Heung Yuen Wai Port was originally scheduled to open to traffic at the end of 2018, but the construction delay caused the opening to traffic postponement. The government announced earlier that the Heung Yuen Wai Border Control Point will be opened at 4 pm on Wednesday (26th). However, due to the continuing epidemic, cargo inspection facilities will be temporarily opened for cross-border trucks. The customs clearance time for freight will be at 7 pm daily. 10 nights.
The Secretary for Development, Wong Wai-lun, mentioned in his blog today (23) that he hopes that the opening of the new port facilities can ease the cross-border freight traffic at the land port and provide the public with more convenient and comfortable services after the passenger clearance service is activated. Transit options.
The cargo inspection facility at Heung Yuen Wai Border Control Point. (Photo from the Development Bureau's Blog)
The Development Bureau’s blog quoted the Chief Engineer of Traffic Engineering (New Territories West) of the Transport Department, Chow Ping-ki, as saying that drivers who want to go to the new port can go through the intersection of Fanling Highway, Sha Tau Kok Highway, Ping Yeung and Lin Ma Hang Road, and opened to traffic last year. The Heung Yuen Wai Highway leads directly to the control point, and there are traffic signs along the road to remind truck drivers to follow the designated lane on the left to the exit truck clearance area. Zou also mentioned that from June to July this year, the freight industry conducted on-site road tests at control points and the whole process was generally smooth.
The Heung Yuen Wai Liantang Port is also the first control point in Hong Kong designed with the concept of "passenger-vehicle direct". Chief Engineer of the Civil Engineering and Development Department Ye Hung-ping explained that in addition to public transportation services, citizens can drive private cars or use pedestrians connecting the port in the future The tunnel goes directly to the port, and after going through immigration formalities, go to the mainland.
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As for the overall customs clearance capacity, Lu Peiyu, a senior engineer of the Civil Engineering and Development Department, pointed out that the current cross-border trucks heading to eastern Shenzhen and eastern Guangdong generally have to pass through the border control points at Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To or Sha Tau Kok, and must pass through Hong Kong and Shenzhen along the way. It is believed that the opening of the new port can alleviate the current busyness of land ports, make cross-border logistics operate more smoothly, and improve the service capacity of Hong Kong ports.
Zeng Qingliang, chief engineering planning manager of the Architectural Services Department, said that the Heung Yuen Wai Border Control Point is dual-purpose for passengers and cargo. The passenger inspection area adopts a multi-storey design, including a passenger inspection building, cross-border bus immigration facilities, various government offices, and facilities that match the concept of "person and vehicle direct", such as public transport interchanges, private car pickup and drop off parking spaces, Public parking lots, pedestrian tunnel facilities, etc., are convenient for citizens to drive private cars or walk directly to the control point.
Zeng also pointed out that all cargo inspection arrangements are handled on the ground, mainly including truck entry and exit inspection kiosks, customs entry and exit cargo inspection buildings, customs immigration vehicle X-ray inspection buildings, immigration office buildings and other port facilities. These buildings and inspection kiosks are all It is connected by an overpass to provide a covered passage for staff to travel to the passenger inspection building and various government offices.
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