More than 100 new automated immigration channels to make the processing of cross-boundary travellers at Hong Kong checkpoints smoother
- The new channels have been installed at both the Hong Kong terminus of the new Express Rail Link and the Hong Kong port of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
- Channels are fitted with new machines that allow better maintenance and are easier to use
More than 100 upgraded automated immigration clearance channels have been installed at Hong Kong’s two recently opened cross-boundary control points at a cost of about HK$18 million (US$2.3 million), according to the Immigration Department.
Raymond Lok Wai-man, assistant director of the information system section at the department, said each e-channel machine cost HK$180,000 and could support faster maintenance and more flexible deployment.
As of December 21, 51 new e-channels were available at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Hong Kong Port and 53 at the West Kowloon Station terminus of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link.
Lok said that the new model could be used to process both local residents and visitors, allowing officers at the control points to deploy the automated system more flexibly and expedite immigration clearance.
