Crowds built up at Hong Kong’s busiest border checkpoint, Lo Wu, on Sunday afternoon following a three-day long weekend, with many residents bringing back delicacies such as hairy crabs and consumer goods. Tens of thousands were making their way back to Hong Kong from tomb sweeping across the border, short breaks and shopping in Shenzhen,…
More than 517,000 Hongkongers travelled to mainland China on the first day of the long weekend on Friday, prompting the city’s rail operator to take stopgap measures to ease overcrowding at two border crossings in a move criticised by a lawmaker. Dominic Lee Tsz-king, deputy chairman of the Legislative Council’s transport panel, on Friday accused…
Nearly 600,000 Hongkongers left the city on the first day of the three-day Chung Yeung Festival break, an almost 30 per cent increase from the start of the long weekend last year. Immigration statistics showed that 598,677 residents left Hong Kong on Friday, up by 28 per cent from 466,851 recorded on the first day…
A major Hong Kong cemetery drew fewer people for grave sweeping on the Chung Yeung Festival compared with last year, while transport authorities warned of heavy border traffic with many residents travelling to mainland China on the public holiday leading to the weekend. Crowds lined up for the bus to go uphill to the Cape…