Bridge opening and 13 hotel Macau opening dates ?
Jul 26, 2018, 9:20 pm
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Jail time for Jacobs China technicians who faked safety test results on Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge:
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-ensure-safety
“[The fraud] was only carried out for the sake of convenience,” he said.
Jul 29, 2018, 3:21 am
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If the HKSAR Government really wants to express confidence with the bridge, an independent expert should be appointed to inspect the bridge (of course paid by the trouble-making contractors), not someone who has no technical know-how and claims the bridge is safe over the TV.
Jul 29, 2018, 10:54 am
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How many more people responsible for the safety of this darn thing will be jailed? I guess at least Hong Kong is doing something. Who knows how many more palms have been greased across the border?
Jail time for Jacobs China technicians who faked safety test results on Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge:
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-ensure-safety
Jail time for Jacobs China technicians who faked safety test results on Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge:
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-ensure-safety
When the bridge falls, they would conviniently bury everything under the sea (China style).
Jul 29, 2018, 11:00 am
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OK, leaving aside the engineering concerns, how is that different from taking a bus to the ferry pier, then ferry, then bus into Macau.
Looks like a few of the HK airport buses will go to the bridge immigration centre on the HK side, and probably the casinos will make new routes for their buses to the Macau side.
If my local HK airport bus route is extended to the bridge, then the bridge might actually be more convenient for me. Also the buses are supposed to be significantly cheaper, which is going to attract plenty of people even if the bridge starts to collapse.
Anyway my question was in response to Chromie25 stating specifically that immigration would be more of a hassle. Surely for HK residents it will just be ID card and thumb (though I don't know why the Macau e-gates can't use the same design, I'm still not sure how to place my ID card in them and just move it around until it works...) Why would the mainland immigration want to process thousands of extra people needlessly?
Looks like a few of the HK airport buses will go to the bridge immigration centre on the HK side, and probably the casinos will make new routes for their buses to the Macau side.
If my local HK airport bus route is extended to the bridge, then the bridge might actually be more convenient for me. Also the buses are supposed to be significantly cheaper, which is going to attract plenty of people even if the bridge starts to collapse.
Anyway my question was in response to Chromie25 stating specifically that immigration would be more of a hassle. Surely for HK residents it will just be ID card and thumb (though I don't know why the Macau e-gates can't use the same design, I'm still not sure how to place my ID card in them and just move it around until it works...) Why would the mainland immigration want to process thousands of extra people needlessly?
Note: The nine airport bus "A" routes are A11 (plying to and from North Point), A21 (plying to and from Hung Hom), A22 (plying to and from Lam Tin), A29 (plying to and from Tseung Kwan O), A31 (plying to and from Tsuen Wan), A33X (plying to and from Tuen Mun), A35 (plying to and from Mui Wo), A36 (plying to and from Yuen Long), and A41 (plying to and from Sha Tin).
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Jul 29, 2018, 11:06 am
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BTW i hope you are not driving family or friends across, because they cannot stay in the car whilst going thru customs and immigration checks. so you'll have a few more minutes to wait when they are waiting for the cattles to mow through e-channel.
But nor will you be able to drive it into Macau! You will have to leave it in a car park at the Macau end of the bridge and then take local transport. And that's after you've jumped through numerous bureaucratic hoops for the priviliege of being able to drive it across the bridge.
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Oct 17, 2018, 3:12 am
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the rumour now is 28oct.
Oct 24, 2018, 4:14 am
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someone in press tried the bus from kwun tong to taipa.
3hr 55 mins.
could have gone to TPE for the same time from kwun tong. or the city of KHH.
you'll have to wait for everyone on the bus to get back on the bus at each customs/immigrations. lol
3hr 55 mins.
could have gone to TPE for the same time from kwun tong. or the city of KHH.
you'll have to wait for everyone on the bus to get back on the bus at each customs/immigrations. lol
Oct 24, 2018, 4:27 am
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Presumably that's if you take one of the "through" buses from various points in HK to various points in Macau/Zhuhai. If you take public transport to/from the immigration posts and the shuttle across the bridge, it may be quicker. Or not.
Oct 25, 2018, 6:57 am
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Well, starting from near the airport, it would seem silly to head all the way back to the urban area and take the ferry (the ferry from the airport being available only if you're in transit). That said, getting across the bridge is a bit cumbersome: bus to HK immigration point, shuttle across the bridge to Macau/Zhuhai immigration point, local transport onwards. Given the large scale on which Chinese public transport works are built, I suspect there's a lot of walking.
Oct 26, 2018, 11:14 am
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I am just creeped out by the prospect of driving or being driven in something for 55 km on a bridge and going underwater in the middle of all of that.
Lake Pontchartrain tested my tolerance as did the PEI crossing the one time I did the round trip and it's just a road with really high walls flat as a pancake for the most part. 35 miles worth, no way.
Lake Pontchartrain tested my tolerance as did the PEI crossing the one time I did the round trip and it's just a road with really high walls flat as a pancake for the most part. 35 miles worth, no way.
Oct 26, 2018, 11:05 pm
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Comments from users broadcasted on media here agree there are no time savings yet.
If you don't know where you are going at the checkpoints, it will be longer.
The only saving grace is that the bus ride on a new road is smoother than the ferries for many.
If you don't know where you are going at the checkpoints, it will be longer.
The only saving grace is that the bus ride on a new road is smoother than the ferries for many.