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01 News|The cross-sea section of the Shazhong line will open in the middle of next year, and Xi Jinping has a high chance of hosting the opening ceremony

2021-10-23T00:11:19.501Z


July 1 next year will be the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland. According to past arrangements, the country’s top leaders will definitely visit Hong Kong. It is reported that the Hong Kong government has made arrangements with President Xi Jinping to come to Hong Kong. It is understood that the Hong Kong government is preparing for Xi Jin


July 1 next year will be the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to the motherland. According to past arrangements, the country’s top leaders will definitely visit Hong Kong. It is reported that the Hong Kong government has made arrangements with President Xi Jinping to come to Hong Kong.

It is understood that the Hong Kong government is preparing for Xi Jinping's activities in Hong Kong. In addition to the rumor that the Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District will be unveiled, it also tends to arrange for him to preside over the opening ceremony of the cross-sea section of the Lisha Middle Line (ie the cross-sea section of the East Rail Line). And asked about the feasibility of the MTR.


MTR announced yesterday (22nd) that the cross-harbour section is expected to be opened to traffic from June to July next year. The two coincide with each other, slightly earlier than the rumored third quarter.


The cross-sea section of the East Rail (Sand-Central Line crosses the sea) has two stations for convention and exhibition and Admiralty, which goes directly from the north of the New Territories to the core area of ​​Hong Kong Island.

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On the 5th and 10th anniversary of the reunification, the president of the state will visit Hong Kong

On the 5th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return in 2002, then President Jiang Zemin visited Hong Kong; on the 10th anniversary of the return of 2007 and the 15th anniversary of the return of 2012, both President Hu Jintao visited Hong Kong; to the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return in 2017, the current President Xi Jinping came to Hong Kong , To attend the inauguration ceremony of the fifth government.

According to sources familiar with security affairs, according to practice, China's top leaders will visit Hong Kong on July 1 next year on the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return, and attend the inauguration ceremony and oath of the new SAR government officials.

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▼On June 27th, the first special train on the Tunma line opened to traffic ▼


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The Deputy Director of the Police Operations Department is responsible for preparing the security work for the return event

Within the police force more than half a year ago, it has been handed over to the Deputy Director of Operations, Chen Junshen, to prepare for the security work for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the return next year.

As this time the arrangement was based on the principle that the arrival of state leaders in Hong Kong, coupled with the situation since the anti-amendment legislation, the police are on standby to concentrate on "preventing chaos" and responding to large-scale activities; The "special duty police" established by the amendment was not cancelled due to the stability of the society. Instead, there are still more than 1,000 staff. It is reported that it will continue until next year to cope with the 25th anniversary of the reunification. By then, the troops are expected to be seconded to assist. police.

▼October 22, the construction situation of the workers at the convention and exhibition station of the new station of the East Rail Line crossing the sea ▼


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After the original Sha-Central Line was demolished one and two, Hin Keng, Diamond Hill, Kai Tak, Sung Wong Terrace, To Kwa Wan, Ho Man Tin and Hung Hom Stations (New Platform) were connected to the Ma On Shan Line and West Rail Line and became part of the Tuen Ma Line ; On Hong Kong Island, Admiralty (New Platform) and Convention and Exhibition Stations are changed to Hung Hom Station, which is connected to the East Rail. By taking the East Rail, you can directly cross the sea to Admiralty from Lo Wu/Lok Ma Station.

The East Rail Line from the border to Admiralty is of great significance

It is understood that the Hong Kong government is deploying the places Xi Jinping will visit when he comes to Hong Kong. In addition to the rumor that he will go to the Palace Museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District, it has also asked the MTR to check whether the Sha-Central Line can be opened to traffic next year. It is the opening of the exhibition station. At that time, Xi Jinping may be arranged to take the East Rail train from Kowloon Station to the exhibition station.

However, the distance between the convention and exhibition station and the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center is not short. It may not be suitable for walking to the convention and exhibition auditorium. The potential security risk is very high; and only a new exhibition station has to be opened, which is not a magnificent project. Whether or not the person officiated would have a "degradation" perception, so I was hesitated for a while.

However, the opening of the entire East Rail line to traffic directly connects to the heart of Hong Kong Island. It is of great significance. Therefore, it is currently hoped that President Xi will be responsible for the opening.

Exhibition station and Admiralty station enter the final stage of construction

When the Sha-Central Line cross-sea section was first launched, it was planned to be commissioned in 2019. Later, a series of social uproars occurred, such as steel bar shearing, settlement, delays in receiving construction sites, and serious overruns. The opening date was delayed many times. MTR yesterday It is announced that the cross-sea section of the East Rail will be opened to traffic from June to July next year.

According to a number of new photos of the expansion of Admiralty Station released by MTR earlier, it shows that the project has been roughly completed. MTR added yesterday that the relevant works of the East Rail Cross-harbour Convention and Exhibition Station and Admiralty Station have entered the final renovation and government inspections. Acceptance stage.

The East Rail Line uses 9-carriage trains across the sea. Chief Executive Officer Jin Zepei said that more than 20 Korean 9-carriage trains have arrived in Hong Kong, of which 18 new trains have been put into service. New trains are now arriving in Hong Kong every one or two weeks. .

The MTR did not respond to when it would complete the replacement of trains. Huang Kunwei, the chief of train operations and local railways, only said that he would pay attention to the passenger loading situation and that the trains would be put into service after the completion of the inspection and acceptance.

▼On June 27th, the entire Tunma line was opened to traffic. Railway fans entered the gate first at Songhuangtai Station▼


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Shazhong Line|East Rail Cross-sea MTR: Luohu will open to traffic from June to July next year, which will be directly connected to Admiralty 01 News ︱The fastest section of Shazhong Line will open to traffic in June and July. On Sunday, the railway suspends services to and from Mong Kok East to Hung Hom Station and installs the overhead cable Tuen Ma Line | Reviewing the series of scandals on the Sha-Central Line project, cutting walls and cutting bars to cross the sea and opening to traffic, the Sha-Central Line is still indefinitely | Leighton accused of violating the Buildings Ordinance Case adjourned to be heard again in July

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