Hotel & Tourism SMARTreport #43

ASIA - PACIFIC
FACTS & FIGURES
Officially opened to traffic at
9:00am on 24 th October 2018, it is
simply the longest sea bridge in the
world, and is destined to greatly
boost business and tourism for
Macao, while in itself being a breathtaking
structure and achievement.
With a total length of 55 kilometres, including
a 6.7-km-long underwater tunnel, the Hong
Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HKZM Bridge),
situated across the waters of Lingdingyang
of Pearl River Estuary, is a mega-size sea
crossing linking the Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region (HKSAR), Zhuhai City
of Guangdong Province and Macao Special
Administrative Region. It consists of a Main
Bridge in Mainland waters together with
the boundary crossing facilities and link
roads within the three places.
The functions of the Bridge are to meet
the demand of passenger and freight land
transport among Hong Kong, the Mainland
(particularly the region of Pearl River
West) and Macao, to establish a new land
transport link between the east and west
banks of the Pearl River, and to enhance the
economic and sustainable development of
the three places.
The new link was the first large-scale project
developed jointly by the governments
NEW LINK…
NEW HORIZONS
HKZM bridge set to facilitate Macao’s role
in international development
of the three places it immediately
serves, demonstrating the successful
implementation of the “one country, two
systems” principle. It also represented
a breakthrough moment in terms of the
construction techniques used and in terms
of the coordination mechanism applied to
blend together the work of three places that
each had a distinct set of public policies.
NEW BOUNDARY
CLEARANCE MODEL FOR
MACAO-ZHUHAI BORDER
The facilities offering border crossing
services for passengers and vehicles
travelling between Macao, Hong Kong and
Zhuhai are open 24 hours a day, with the
Customs clearance between Macao and
Zhuhai conducted on a “Joint Inspection
and One-time Release” principle, the
nation's first border clearance model.
SHUTTLE BUS SERVICES
CONNECT TO MACAO
BORDER AND HKIA
Shuttle buses are the main public
transportation plying the bridge between
Hong Kong, Macao, and Zhuhai borders,
with the two main routes being the Hong
Kong/Zhuhai run and the Hong Kong/
Macao run. The Hong Kong/Macao route -
transporting residents and visitors between
the Macao border and Hong Kong border
- provides about 200 coach trips daily,
scheduled to depart every 5 minutes during
peak period; 10 to 15 minutes during
non-peak period; and 15 to 30 minutes
overnight (midnight to 6:00am). Crossborder
coaches provide services between
the urban areas of Hong Kong and Macao
with fixed stopping points, fixed routes and
fixed schedules. Meanwhile, the shuttle bus
route connecting Hong Kong International
Airport and Macao border crossing area
provides an alternative route for residents
and visitors making their way to Hong Kong
International Airport