China News Agency, Hong Kong, February 6th: Hong Kong and the Mainland have fully "cleared customs" and the Luohu Port has reopened to facilitate cross-border people
China News Agency reporter Han Xingtong
At about 6 a.m. on February 6, Mr. Tsang, a Hong Kong citizen who lives in Sheung Shui, stood on the platform, dragging his suitcase and waiting for the first East Rail train bound for Luohu Station. This was his first trip to the mainland to visit relatives after the epidemic.
The train was moving forward in the early morning mist, and after a while, I heard the station announcement: the next stop, Luohu.
There are mainland tourists going to Hong Kong at Luohu Port in Shenzhen.
Photo/Li Zhihua
From that day onwards, Hong Kong and the mainland will achieve comprehensive "customs clearance", and Hong Kong will open all land ports, that is, on the current basis, Cailuohu Port, Xiangyuanwei/Liantang Port, Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang Port will provide travel inspection services; Sha Tau Kok Port Freight services have also resumed.
Among them, Luohu Port, reopened after 3 years, is one of the most well-known and most convenient ports.
After getting off the car, Mr. Zhang walked to Luohu Port to look around from time to time, and then stopped to ask the reporter to take a photo for him. Then he smiled and said while looking at the photo: "I really feel a little bit. I haven't been here for a few years. The overall change is not big."
Half an hour later, the Luohu Port officially reopened, and many citizens at the scene lined up with suitcases to pass through the border one after another.
Mr. Zhang, a Hong Kong citizen who intends to go to Dongguan, Guangdong, is also in the queue waiting to pass the border. He needs to go north due to his work. After passing the border, he will buy a ticket at Luohu Bus Station and transfer to Dongguan.
"Now there is no need for nucleic acid testing or reservations. It feels like I'm really back to the cross-border life before the epidemic."
A banner at the Shenzhen Luohu Port welcomes Hong Kong travelers home.
Photo/Li Zhihua
At the Luohu port, a small banner of a tour group appeared for a long time. The tour guide in red uniform was in front, followed by about 30 group members dragging suitcases.
It is reported that the tour group went to Foshan, Guangdong for a short trip of 3 days.
Mr. Rong, the manager of the tour guide department who accompanied the group, said that the itinerary this time is mainly about parks, and the group members will also be arranged to stay in five-star hotels. I hope they will have fun and live comfortably.
Some members of the group told reporters that this time they are traveling with two friends, taking advantage of the full "customs clearance" to return to the mainland for a short trip, and plan to travel to Shanghai and Chengdu in a few months.
It is reported that Hong Kong launched the "Hello, Hong Kong!" program a few days ago, hoping to strengthen the promotion of Hong Kong and attract more mainland and overseas tourists to Hong Kong.
On the same day, at the arrival area of Luohu Station, the Hong Kong Tourism Board carefully prepared gift packages and distributed them to arriving passengers.
According to the on-site staff, the red paper bag printed with the words "Hello, Hong Kong" contained Hong Kong special snacks, theme park products and ticket discounts, beauty store products, tourist shopping mall gift coupon packages and conversion plugs, etc.
Passengers from Hong Kong enter the Luohu Port.
Photo/Li Zhihua
Ms. Liu, a passenger from Jinan, Shandong, will spend 4 days and 3 nights in Hong Kong.
She has been to Hong Kong twice before, both of which entered the country through Luohu Port, so she is familiar with this route. "There is a direct East Rail link to Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong and other places, and it is very convenient to transfer anywhere." Ms. Liu said, this time It took less than 10 minutes to pass the customs, and the whole process was very smooth.
After passing the customs, Ms. Liu went straight to the customer service center of the MTR to activate the Octopus that had been invalid for too long. "I am most looking forward to going to the West Kowloon Cultural District. I have never been there before. I saw the seaside photos on the Internet and there are two museums." ,Very appealing to me."
On February 6, Hong Kong and the mainland achieved full "customs clearance". Hong Kong opened all land ports, that is, on the current basis, Cailuohu Port, Xiangyuanwei/Liantang Port, Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang Port provided travel inspection services; Sha Tau Kok Cargo services at the ports have also resumed.
After 3 years, MTR Lo Wu Station reopened. Before 6:00 in the morning, the first train from Sheung Shui Station to Lo Wu Station departed, and Luo Wu Port reopened at 6:30, and a large number of citizens lined up to pass through the border.
Photo/Li Zhihua
Another group of cross-border school children at the Luohu Port during the morning rush hour is one of them, student Shen, who lives near the Luohu Port and is a fifth-grade primary school student in Hong Kong. He crossed the border accompanied by his mother.
"After the reopening of the Luohu Port, it will be more convenient to go to and from school every day." Shen is most looking forward to reuniting with school partners, returning to the physical classroom, and asking the teacher to answer questions face to face.
After 3 years of online classes, Shen’s mother also admitted that she felt that her daughter was lonely facing a screen in class every day, and her learning efficiency would inevitably drop. Now that the two places have fully “cleared customs”, she feels “relieved.” , her daughter can finally return to normal campus life.
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