Authorities have issued warnings after a recent spate of smuggling cases, with contraband such as frozen food and electronic parts intercepted at the Hengqin checkpoint.
Hengqin checkpoint
Tour group from Southeast Asia expected later this month; MGTO considering MOP 350 nightly subsidy for travellers from foreign countries staying in city hotel.
Cross-border students, drivers and mortuary workers excepted; once-daily commute only applies at Gongbei, Qingmao and Wanzai checkpoints.
MOP 3.5 billion, 2.2-kilometre, two-station line now 49% complete; one-way journey to take around three minutes.
Extension, consisting of viaduct, tunnel and two stations, expected to cost MOP 3.5 billion and will not be ready until 2025 at the earliest.
Taipa and Coloane Community Service Consultative Council member Lam Ka Chun said that the council’s members are concerned about the current vehicular restrictions when entering the Lotus Flower Bridge en route to the Macao side of the Hengqin checkpoint.
From today, group tour visitors from the mainland can only cross the Macao-Zhuhai border via the Hengqin border checkpoint or the Macao-Zhuhai checkpoint on the HZMB.
Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng said on Wednesday that Macao has been doing great at its Covid-19 prevention work, yet the “last kilometre” of the city’s Covid-19 battle has just started.