China News Service, Hong Kong, January 23 (Reporter Liu Dawei) When meeting the media before attending the executive meeting on the 23rd, Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive Lee Ka-chao said that the Hong Kong SAR government has reached a consensus with the Shenzhen Municipal Government to make special arrangements for "customs clearance" during the Spring Festival. .
On January 23, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lee Ka-chiu, announced that during the Lunar New Year, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Mainland will implement special arrangements for customs clearance. From the 30th to the 4th day of the Lunar New Year (February 9 to 13), passengers and vehicles at the Shenzhen Bay Port can access 24 hours a day. Customs clearance; Lo Wu Port will extend customs clearance hours to 2 a.m. on the eve of the Lunar New Year and the second day of the Lunar New Year (February 9 and February 11), and the MTR East Rail Line services will be extended accordingly.
On the same day, Li Jiachao met with reporters at the Government Headquarters Building before attending the executive meeting.
Photo by China News Service reporter Hou Yu
According to reports, from New Year’s Eve to the fourth day of the Lunar New Year (February 9 to 13) this year, the passenger passage and vehicle passage at the Shenzhen Bay Port will operate 24 hours a day; , the Lo Wu Port will extend its operation until 2 a.m., and the MTR East Rail Line will also extend its service hours to disperse the flow of people who originally took cross-border buses to cross the border.
Li Jiachao said that the Acting Chief Secretary for Administration of the SAR Government will convene a coordinating meeting on customs clearance traffic arrangements for large-scale events today to coordinate the traffic safety services of various departments and customs clearance and announce the details to the public.
Li Jiachao said that the process of reaching a consensus with Shenzhen City was very smooth. He expressed his gratitude to the relevant departments of Guangdong Province and Shenzhen City for their support and cooperation, believing that this showed the seamless cooperation between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
The two places have the same goals and value the experience and feelings of citizens and tourists.
During the 2024 New Year's Eve, due to reasons such as Hong Kong and Shenzhen not yet opening more 24-hour customs clearance ports, a large number of mainland tourists went to Hong Kong to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks display and waited for cross-border buses in the city for a long time, which caused concern.
When meeting the media on January 2, Chief Secretary for Administration Chan Kwok-kee of the Hong Kong SAR government said that the SAR government will hold a co-ordination meeting before holding large-scale events, discuss with relevant mainland departments to add 24-hour customs clearance ports, strengthen railway services between the two places, and optimize transportation arrangements for convenience. Strengthen overall coordination and deployment in the three aspects of cross-border bus circulation to avoid the recurrence of the problem of mainland tourists being stranded.
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