Hong Kong authorities brace for 7.3 million trips over Lunar New Year period
Authorities have decided against extending operating hours of border checkpoints during holiday due to few late-night crossings observed last year
A government spokesman said on FridFay that between January 28 and February 4, 7.34 million travellers, including Hong Kong residents and visitors, would pass through land boundary control points.
The Lo Wu crossing was projected to process 205,000 trips a day, while the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line control point and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge crossing would handle 190,000 and 146,000 respectively.
“To cope with the anticipated heavy traffic during the festive period, the [Immigration Department] has minimised leave for frontline officers for flexible deployment, and operation of extra clearance counters and kiosks,” the spokesman said.
“Additional security guards will also be deployed to provide crowd management support.”
He added local authorities would remain in close contact with their mainland counterparts to ensure smooth passenger traffic flow.
