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Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

Infrastructure

China connects its 2nd fully-prefabricated cross-sea bridge

From city airport to Airport City

Hong Kong’s Airport City: redefining an aviation hub as a destination of its own

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Hong Kong courts

2 ex-directors charged in Hong Kong over bogus lab test results for mega bridge

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Hong Kong politics

How Beijing plans to build national pride in Hong Kong with architects’ help

Top architects, engineers from mainland China invited to share expertise with local students as part of high-profile campaign to instil patriotism in Hongkongers.

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The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is one of southern China’s biggest infrastructure projects of recent years. Photo: Winson Wong
Greater Bay Area

Will a Shenzhen link to the mega bridge benefit Hong Kong?

Industry players mostly upbeat on extension to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, aimed at boosting traffic volumes and connecting city earlier left out of project.

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Crime

Customs smashes gang smuggling HK$166 million over Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

The case is said to be the first to involve bulk cash smuggling and the use of cross-border couriers.

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China society

3 dead as southern China tunnel flood rescue effort reaches 6th day

Rescuers are still about 300 metres from where the remaining 11 construction workers are believed to be trapped.

At least three men have died and 11 are still missing as rescue workers continue to search a tunnel which flooded during construction on Thursday in Zhuhai, in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. Photo: Handout
Hong Kong courts

Tougher sentences for lab staff convicted of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge con

Several Jacobs China staff were convicted in 2019 of falsifying safety test records for the mega bridge project linking Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China.

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Road safety in Hong Kong

Letters | One country, one direction: time for Hong Kong to get it right

Is there any nation in the world where you need to switch sides when you travel from one city to another?

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Hong Kong courts

Prosecutors seek stiffer sentences for 12 who falsified reports for mega bridge

Deputy director of public prosecutions William Tam argues the group’s sentences were much lighter than those handed to six defendants in a related case concerning the bridge.

Prosecutors are seeking harsher sentences for 12 people convicted of falsifying reports on the strength of concrete used in the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge. Photo: David Wong
MTR Corporation

Lawmakers slam Hong Kong’s MTR Corp for delays to Sha Tin-Central link

Lawmakers are sceptical the rail operator can meet the current timetable for opening the massive project’s cross-harbour section.

Construction of the Hung Hom-to-Admiralty portion of the Sha Tin-Central link has been plagued by delays. Photo: Nora Tam
Coronavirus pandemic

Sharp rise in Hongkongers crossing border to flee Covid-19 surge

Tired of city’s pandemic restrictions, those going away say they need a break, don’t mind quarantine

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Hongkongers head to mainland amid 4th wave of Covid-19

Coronavirus Hong Kong

Quotas raised for cross-border private vehicles on Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge

About 1,000 more cross-boundary non-commercial private car quotas from Hong Kong side will be added to 800 existing allocations.

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge is the world’s longest sea link. Photo: Dickson Lee
Zhuhai

Fosun targets Greater Bay Area’s ‘creative’ tourists with Zhuhai resort

With the rise of a young middle class, who could be foodies, creators, trekkers and beach buffs, a more creative way of relaxing and holidaying will be in demand, says Katharine Wang, the general manager of Casa Cook.

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The Casa Cook hotel in Rhodes, Greece. Photo: casacook.com
Zhuhai

Explainer | Jumbo oysters and double shell crabs: Zhuhai is a foodie’s paradise

Seafood plays an important role for Zhuhai’s two million residents. Sitting on an estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea, the city – once know as ‘fishermen’s county’ – has access to a wide variety of marine wildlife.

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Zhuhai

Chinese developer acquires Zhuhai plot for record price despite funding curbs

Property developer China Overseas Land & Investment has shrugged aside tightening government curbs on financing to acquired a residential and commercial plot in Zhuhai for the record sum of 10.5 billion yuan (US$1.6 billion).

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Zhuhai

Hi-tech start-ups reap benefits of Zhuhai’s ‘smart city’ incentives

Pachira Technology relocated from California’s Silicon Valley to Zhuhai’s special economic zone in Hengqin last year, after receiving a major boost from the local government.

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Vehicles run on the Hengqin Bridge in Zhuhai’s free trade zone located in southern Guangdong province in November 2018. Photo: Xinhua
Coronavirus pandemic

Residents’ return scheme opens as Hong Kong confirms nine new Covid-19 cases

A third of Wednesday’s cases are locally transmitted, including a taxi driver with unknown source of infection.

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Greater Bay Area

French battery maker backs Zhuhai’s role in bay area with new plant

The battery arm of the French oil giant Total said the new 6,600 square-metre facility is part of its efforts to tap the growing global energy storage market.

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China society

Hong Kong mega bridge finally hooks visitors as anglers give police a catch

Mainlanders reprimanded by police after being found fishing illegally from piers of the underused bridge linking Hong Kong with its neighbours Zhuhai and Macau.

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Maritime police arrested a dozen fishing enthusiasts at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge last week. Photo: Weibo
Macau

Macau’s transformation plans run into difficulties

While analysts and industry observers agree on Macau’s need to diversify its economy from gaming, they say the city has to find a financial niche for itself.

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While analysts and industry observers agree on Macau’s need to diversify its economy from gaming, they say the city has to find a financial niche for itself. Illustration: Brian Wang
Hong Kong property

Can Guishan help Lantau plan in easing Hong Kong’s land woes?

The Guishan proposal is the most ambitious plan to untie the Gordian knot of housing affordability in the world’s most expensive urban centre ever since Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor signed off on the Lantau Tomorrow Vision last year.

Hong Kong courts

Companies fined HK$30,000 each over fatal 2017 sea link accident

WSS Engineering Systems and United Construction & Manpower Service were convicted of failing to ensure safety and health of employees.

China property

For 14 Hongkongers, their Hengqin dream homes do not live up to the advertising

The episode underscores the potential risk for buyers in cross-border investments, especially where it comes to the fine print of contracts and the difference between illustrations and reality. Buying property outside Hong Kong is “very complicated”, and “consumers should stay vigilant,” said the city’s Estate Agents Authority, in a statement.

An external view of the Huafa Yuetiandi real estate project in Zhuhai city's Hangqin district. Photo: Handout
5G

Movie time - Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau mega bridge now has 5G

The 5G network will enable the development of applications, such as immersive sightseeing tours, and autonomous driving tests on the bridge.

The HZMB, which cost around 120 billion yuan to build, operates 24 hours a day and connects major cities across the southern Pearl River Delta region. Photo: Winson Wong
Coronavirus pandemic

Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge usage plummets amid Covid-19 measures

The number of passengers dropped 90 per cent in February, the lowest usage since the highly touted bridge opened for business in October 2018.

Coronavirus pandemic

Macau’s calm handling of coronavirus crisis puts Hong Kong panic in perspective

A controlled distribution of face masks to residents is among the measures it has been lauded for taking, while desperate Hongkongers queue for hours.

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last updated:
9 September, 2024
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