Everything you need to know about Hong Kong’s joint rail checkpoint arrangement
Controversial plan will see mainland laws enforced on Hong Kong soil in the city’s high-speed rail terminus
It means that when the much-delayed 26km Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong express rail link starts operation in September this year, the travelling time from the city’s centre to Guangdong’s provincial capital will be reduced from more than two hours to about 50 minutes. The Hong Kong section cost HK$84.4 billion to build.
Despite the approval, opposition legislators argue that a series of issues surrounding the so called “co-location” arrangement, ranging from its constitutionality to security details, remain unresolved.
Here is what you need to know.
1. What does the law empower authorities to do?
The co-location law will grant Beijing and its authorities almost full jurisdiction in a designated port area “deemed as the mainland”.