7.
Effective from 1 July 1992, the opening time of
the three border crossings was advanced by half an hour to
7:00 am, and the closing time at Man Kam To was extended by
two hours to 10:00 pm.
As from 1 December 1992,
Lok Ma Chau's closing time was also been extended by two
hours to 10:00 pm. A summary is provided in the table
below.
Opening Hours of the Road Crossings
Before
8.8.91
From 8.8.91
From 1.7.92
Man Kam To
7:30 am 8 pm (12%1⁄2 hours)
7 am
10 pm (15 hours)
From 1.12.92
Sha Tau Kok 7:30 am
(10%1⁄2 hours)
6 pm
7 am
6 pm (11 hours)
Lok Ma Chau 9 am
5 pm (8 hours)
ww
7:30 am 8 pm 7 am
(12%1⁄2 hours)
8 pm (13 hours)
7 am
-
10 pm
(15 hours)
8.
Traffic
flow has improved as a result of the
longer hours of operation, particularly in the early
morning.
Before the extension of opening hours, the
China-bound queue in the morning tailed back from the
Man Kam To Control Point for 6 km along Man Kam To Road,
Jockey Club Road, Po Shek Wu Road, and the NT Circular
Road, reaching as far as Kwu Tung. The queue length has
now been shortened to 2 km in the early morning, but