Existing Operating Hours and Utilisation of Border Road Crossings
Annex A
the
There are three places at which vehicles can cross
border,
To,
Sha Tau
Kok
and
namely, Man Kam
As they are all situated in the Frontier
Lok Ma Chau.
Closed Area, vehicles crossing the border need Closed Road
Permits. For goods vehicles and private cars, each permit
allows unlimited daily crossings. For coaches, each permit
allows
Nowadays, one round-trip crossing each day.
Closed Road Permits are issued mainly for the Lok Ma Chau
crossing.
new
2.
Opened on
1 July 1980, the Man Kam To crossing
provides the most direct link with Shenzhen City centre.
It handles about 10,000 vehicles per day. Of these, 96%
are goods vehicles and container trucks, and the remainder
theoretical and private cars. Although the
design capacity (which is the product of : hours opened x
are
coaches
processing rate per hour X number of
is 16,200 of kiosks)
vehicles daily, this crossing is already being operated at
full capacity during peak hours, which last from 11:00
to 6:00 pm on weekdays. At such times, all 12 kiosks are
manned.
There
is
no scope
for expanding
crossing point because of site constraints.
the border