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Old Jun 14, 2019, 4:20 pm
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is there some reason you can’t just clear HKG immigrations and get a taxi directly from HKG to your hotel in Macau via the pretty, new tunnel-bridge?
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Old Jun 14, 2019, 4:36 pm
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Originally Posted by Colin
is there some reason you can’t just clear HKG immigrations and get a taxi directly from HKG to your hotel in Macau via the pretty, new tunnel-bridge?
Taxis can't drive across the bridge and into Macau.
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Old Jun 14, 2019, 4:47 pm
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that seems odd to build an expensive bridge and not permit taxis. would any hired sedan service have the rights?

FWIW, once, on a 12 hour HKG layover, I passed transit security to use the CX F lounge showers. couple hours later the CX lounge agent escorted me down to arrivals so i could clear immigrations and spend the afternoon in HK.
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Old Jun 15, 2019, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by Colin
that seems odd to build an expensive bridge and not permit taxis. would any hired sedan service have the rights?
Limited number of permits, lots of costs and red tape, bad congestion in Macau, daily quotas.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong...ivate_vehicles
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Old Jun 22, 2019, 3:42 pm
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For the record, the KE flight was almost 30 minutes early so I bought a ticket on the spot for an 11 am ferry which saved almost 4 hours of waiting at the HKG airport. This was a different company so I did not get a refund on my original ticket.
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Old Jun 23, 2019, 1:21 am
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For the record, the KE flight was almost 30 minutes early so I bought a ticket on the spot for an 11 am ferry which saved almost 4 hours of waiting at the HKG airport. This was a different company so I did not get a refund on my original ticket.
Was it a ferry or hydrofoil service? How long was the ride?
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Old Jun 23, 2019, 3:20 am
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Was it a ferry or hydrofoil service? How long was the ride?
It was a ferry run by TurboJet. From HKG SkyPier to Macau Outer likely was less than 1 hour. My original ticket was to Macau Taipa on Cotai Water Jet would have been shorter.
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