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Friday, August 25, 2017, 16:56
HZMB: Application open to HK private cars next week
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Friday, August 25, 2017, 16:56 By chinadailyasia.com

This photo taken on July 5, 2017 shows the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge under construction. (Liang Xu / Xinhua)

HONG KONG - The Guangdong Public Security Department will start accepting new quota applications for Hong Kong cross-boundary private cars using the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), the Hong Kong SAR's Transport Department announced on Friday.

Application criteria have been relaxed in a bid to maximise the social, economic and traffic benefits of the bridge, it added.

Recognised national high-tech enterprises, as well as enterprises with an accumulative tax amount of at least 100,000 in Guangdong in the past three years will be eligible for application, irrespective of the investment amount.

Hong Kong residents who have donated charitable work for an accumulative amount of 5 million yuan in Guangdong, or those who are members of the People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference at national level, provincial, prefecture and country level of Guangdong province, are also eligible.

Individuals who have applied under quotas for other crossings may still submit their application, given that they meet the above criteria.

A quota of 3,000 for Hong Kong private cars is planned before the commissioning of the HZMB. The validity of the quota period will be five years. Applicants may apply for renewal upon expiry.

"As compared with other crossings, the quota application criteria for cross-boundary private cars using the HZMB have been relaxed. This will be beneficial to small-scale and high-tech Hong Kong enterprises investing in Guangdong, so that more Hong Kong private cars can use the HZMB to go to Guangdong," a spokesman for the Transport Department said.


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