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Infrastructure obstacles slow integration

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HONG KONG'S economic integration with the Pearl River Delta will be shaped in part by progress on three key infrastructure projects - two of which are still on the drawing board.

These are the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor, or fourth cross-border road link between Hong Kong and Shenzhen; the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link; and the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge.

Of the three, the 5.5km dual three-lane Western Corridor is the nearest to completion, and is expected to be in commission by the end of next year, just a few months behind schedule.

However, the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link and the much-touted bridge project remain up in the air.

The significance of the infrastructure projects in increasing the cross-border flow of people and goods has prompted Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen to call for more rapid progress.

He made the appeal while attending the Pan-Pearl River Delta Co-operation and Development Forum in Sichuan in July.

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