Operator TurboJet has faced difficulties for several years with the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and unrest in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Transport was made a priority in 2019; a year later, the GBA received funding for 18 railroad projects spanning 775 kilometres.
The project aims to ease traffic jams at Oriental Pearl roundabout, one of Macao’s busiest intersections, but will not be finished before mid-2022.
A mainlander was arrested on Saturday when he entered the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) checkpoint for stealing a client’s casino cash chips worth HK$570,000 three years ago.
The world’s longest sea-crossing in southern China is set to celebrate its second anniversary on Saturday with less than one-tenth of the expected traffic flow.
Public Security Police officers discovered that a Hong Kong car with a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao triple licence plate was used in an attempt to enter Macao by evading Covid-19 quarantine and entry curb measures.
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.
All those arriving in Macao from Hong Kong via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) – including “Golden Bus” passengers – must present a nucleic acid test (NAT) certificate confirming that they have tested negative for COVID-19 within the past seven days, otherwise they will be refused entry.
Pac On in Taipa will become “a large transport hub” where part of the Taipa Ferry Terminal will be converted into the future Terminal 2 of the adjacent Macau International Airport.