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BRAZIL, ARGENTINA SHOE-BOX RULE MAY PARTNERS OF NEXT GTEF RED CHEER HOME BUYERS Argentina and Brazil will be MARKET Putting an end to “shoe-box the partner countries of the TO BE sized” apartments may be Global Tourism Economy REVAMPED reason for residents to cheer, Forum next year but developers are wary P7 P5 P8 SINGAPORE THU.25 Oct 2018 T. 23º/ 29º C H. 70/ 90% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 8.00 3156 N.º HKD 10.00 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” WORLD BRIEFS HKZMB DAY ONE AP PHOTO People queue to cross MALAYSIA-THAILAND Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad met yesterday with Thailand’s leader and discussed peace talks longest sea bridge P2-3 FULL COVERAGE, OPINION in Thailand’s southern border provinces where a Muslim separatist insurgency has been raging for over a decade. 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P9 More on backpage before Beijing trip 25.10.2018 thu th Anniversary 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO HKZMB Fast border checks impress first bridge users Julie Zhu HE Macau and Zhuhai sides JULIE ZHU Tof the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge have almost com- bined the Macau immigration control and mainland China immigration control into one single procedure, as the gover- nment authorities on both sides produced a new cooperative me- thod. Yesterday, at 9 a.m., the bridge officially opened to the public. The government led a group of journalists who visited the HKZMB Macau port before 9 a.m. At the departure hall, inside each cell, four police officers, Border inspection Queue prior to the opening of the bridge including two from the Macau immigration authority, and two ckpoints back to more than ten shocking and that […] our coun- ded by representatives of the from the mainland China’s im- years ago and the checkpoints as try is really strong,” said Ren. Public Security Police Force migration authority, sat toge- they are now,” said Cheng. The Shenzhen resident said (PSP), the Macau Customs Ser- ther, separated only by a half “[We] need only one docu- I especially he, in the future, would choose vices, and the HKZMB Macau door. ment to cross the two borders. asked for a to travel to Macau from Hong port management bureau, as of This original style of passport This should be the first time in Kong by bus rather than by fer- 4 p.m. yesterday, 8,619 crossin- control caused several people to the world. I want to see how fast day off to ry. gs were recorded at the HKZMB forget to pass their travel docu- it is,” said Cheng, remarking According to the driver of the Macau port. More than 7,000 of ment to the next immigration that “locals still need to line up come to try the first Hong Kong-Macau shutt- these crossings were made be- control officers, whether main- in order to cross both borders. le bus, driving on the HKZMB tween Hong Kong and Macau, land or Macau, depending on However, now the immigration new control is no different from driving el- while the rest took place be- whether these passengers are checking can be done simulta- checkpoint. sewhere. However, the driver tween Zhuhai and Macau. coming to or leaving Macau. neously.” CHENG said that the view along the bri- As of 3 p.m. yesterday, 46 cars It takes approximately one mi- Moreover, passengers need FIRST USER OF THE MACAU POrt dge is “very pretty.” of all types entered Macau, whi- nute, and less in most cases, for just to go through one security According to statistics provi- le 59 left the city. a person to cross from Macau check on the Macau side when When expressing his opinions territory to Zhuhai territory. they cross over to Zhuhai, with regarding the instructions, A man surnamed Cheng was the same situation applying on Cheng said that they “could be a the very first to enter the Macau the Zhuhai side. This means that bit clearer. Had I not been here CONNECTION TO SHENZHEN WOULD BE GOOD Port. He was also the first arri- Macau will perform the security last night, I would have entered FOR MACAU HO SAYS ving at the manual checkpoints. check on the Macau side of pas- [at] the wrong entrance,” admi- , Cheng asked for a day off from sengers who enter Zhuhai, while tted Cheng. THE CHAIRMAN of the Leg- HKZMB means “Macau has one his work to attend the HKZMB Zhuhai will perform the security Regarding the bus experience, islative Assembly, Ho Iat Seng, more backyard garden,” as people opening. check on the Zhuhai side of pas- one of the passengers onboard believes that “it would definitely can now enter Hong Kong by the “I especially asked for a day sengers who enter Macau. the first bus from Hong Kong to be a good thing for Macau” if bridge. When commenting on the off to come to try the new con- Macau residents should use Macau, who was surnamed Ren the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau HKZMB, Ho further considered trol checkpoint. More than ten their mainland China home and a Shenzhen resident, paid a Bridge (HKZMB) had another that “it is unreasonable to just years ago, when the Border Gate permit to cross from Macau to visit to Hong Kong particular- branch connecting to Shenzhen. talk about the investment and opened, I was also the first one Zhuhai, and should use their ly in order to be one of the first According to a report by Macao traffic flow, it should be the over- crossing. I wanted to compare Macau ID to cross from Zhuhai tourists to use the HKZMB. Daily News, Ho said that the all benefit.” the differences between the che- to Macau. “I felt that it [the bridge] was HKZMB from an infectious disease to return to their place of or radiation overdose and departure to receive me- decide to continue with dical treatment at their Macau, Zhuhai begin cooperative entering Macau are pas- place of origin. This ar- sed to the Health Bureau rangement does not apply of Macau for follow-up to travellers who have no health quarantine model action. The same arran- symptoms of fever or ra- gement is applied in the diation overdose. EALTH quarantine morning, according to a ckpoint between Zhuhai del, the health quarantine reverse situation as the The quarantine arran- Hfacilities at the Hong statement from the local and Macau, authorities in department in Zhuhai car- Health Bureau of Macau gement for passengers Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bri- government. both cities are conducting ries out the quarantine pro- carries out the quarantine travelling between Macau dge were well equipped To facilitate joint ins- a quarantine process for cess for travellers as they process for travellers as and Hong Kong remains and prepared to admi- pections for the one-stop departing travellers, in depart for Macau, as requi- they depart for Zhuhai. unchanged, in that both nister services starting border crossing operation accordance with a signed red by the Macau SAR. Outbound travellers suf- parties carry out quaranti- from the commencement model implemented at memorandum. Any travellers who are fering from fever or radia- ne processes for travellers of operations yesterday the bridge’s border che- According to this new mo- suspected to be suffering tion overdose may choose upon entry. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LtD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Ivo Carneiro SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH de Sousa, Jacky I.F. Cheong, Jenny Lao-Phillips, João Palla Martins, Joseph Cheung, Julie Zhu, Juliet Risdon, ADDRESS Av. da Praia Grande, 599, Edif. 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