(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou -Shenzhen -Hong Kong high -speed railway was suspended for three years after the crown disease epidemic, and Sunday (January 15) finally resumed operations.
Comprehensive Hong Kong media such as Star Island Daily and online media "Hong Kong 01" reported that the Hong Kong Railway (referred to as the MTR) held a ribbon -cutting ceremony at the High -speed Rail West Jiulong Station on Sunday at 6 am to celebrate the re -service of high -speed rail.In his speech, the chairman of the MTR Ouyang Boquan said that at present, 10,000 ticket quotas are currently provided, 5,000 from going north and south, and mentioned that the initial stage of opening will focus on short -distance services, including adding three stations located in Guangzhou and Dongguan.
It is reported that the first train from the north of Hong Kong to the mainland departs at 7:00 am, and the first train from the south of the mainland to Hong Kong will arrive in Hong Kong at about 7.40am.
Many Hong Kong people who took the first train to Shenzhen expressed their excitement.Among them, a man named Huang said that he often traveled to the mainland before the epidemic, hoping that this time he could understand the latest development and changes in the mainland."I will go to Shenzhen to drink morning tea first, and feel the atmosphere."
Many mainlanders studying or working in Hong Kong use the high -speed rail to return to their hometown to celebrate the New Year.The man named Jing, a doctor of electronic engineering at the University of Hong Kong, said that the epidemic has not returned to Shandong for three years. This year, he was particularly happy to go home to celebrate with his family.
Among the passengers from Shenzhen to Hong Kong, some of them go to Hong Kong for business, and choose to return to and forth now.
According to Reuters, the information screen at West Kowloon Station shows that almost all tickets were sold out on Sunday.Zhang Zhiqiang, General Management of the MTR transit Railway, said that the MTR will actively contacted the Hong Kong government and the mainland officials to gradually increase the class in an orderly manner.As of 6 pm, about 6,500 cross -border passengers used high -speed rail services.
Port will launch measures next month to attract tourists
On the other hand, Cheng Ding, General Director of the Hong Kong Tourism Development Bureau, revealed on the radio program one week that the Hong Kong government will announce preferential measures next month to attract tourists to travel to Hong Kong.
Mainland China and Hong Kong have previously restored the first phase of free customs clearance in January 8.Cheng Dingyi said that with the landing of land and Hong Kong, the Hong Kong tourism industry finally returned to normal, and described this as the moonlight.However, he said that Hong Kong is the same with the problems encountered by all over the world. When the tourism industry recovers, it is faced with problems such as insufficient manpower and aviation capacity. I believe that it takes time to return to the level before the epidemic.
The Hong Kong Research Association announced on the 13th that a survey showed that it is believed that it is driven by the factors of restoring customs clearance with the mainland, and the optimistic emotions of Hong Kong people in economic development have increased.
According to the Macau Tourism Bureau, there were 46,702 visitors to Australia on January 13, a single day since the epidemic in January 2020. Among them, most of the mainland passengers have 36,906 people.
The information released by the National Immigration Administration of China last Saturday (14th) shows that the number of residents who apply for immigration documents after the customs clearance will apply for a total147.6%.
