Lok Ma Chau

Entry restrictions lifted on border villages in Hong Kong

11 Jun 2013

Entry restrictions on six villages near the border were lifted yesterday as the government moves ahead with its policy to open an area once sealed as a bulwark against the mainland.

7:39AM

Immigration Department looking into claims of 'improper belly taps'

23 Mar 2013

The Immigration Department is looking into claims that some mainland women were treated inappropriately at a Hong Kong checkpoint and were asked to prove they were not pregnant.

The story...

2:09PM

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Smartphones worth HK$820,000 seized on lorry at Lok Ma Chau

23 Sep 2012

Customs officers seized a stash of 315 smartphones, worth a total of HK$820,000, from a truck leaving Hong Kong via the Lok Ma Chau control point on Friday.

The truck was intercepted by...

3:08AM

HK Chief Executive vows to limit number of mainland Chinese visitors

28 Aug 2012

Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Tuesday pledged to control the number of incoming mainland individual visitors after Shenzhen earlier announced it would allow regular visits by 4.1 million non-...

7:59PM

Truck driver killed over Shenzhen parking space

26 May 2012

A Hong Kong container truck driver was killed by a mainland counterpart in a dispute over parking space at a border checkpoint early yesterday morning.

Chiu Yin-ming stopped at the...

3:48PM

Changing of the guard

26 Nov 2011

They came before first light, People's Liberation Army soldiers marching in neat rows from Shenzhen to Lok Ma Chau for the 14th annual Hong Kong garrison rotation.

1:43AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Man crosses checkpoint using dad's identity card

Immigration authorities have launched an investigation into an alleged blunder in which a Hong Kong man was believed to have been let through the Lok Ma Chau border checkpoint into Shenzhen using...

5:04PM

Two workers killed as tyre blown off truck

Two workers were killed when a 110kg tyre shot out from a wheel of a crane truck in a container yard in Lok Ma Chau yesterday.

Ho Chi-ho, 24, died instantly, while Yan Hao-huai,...

10:14AM

Why won't government put us in the loop on the Loop?

Officials yesterday disclosed details of the plan for the 870,000 square metre [Lok Ma Chau Loop], which belongs to Shenzhen but is managed by the Hong Kong government.

SCMP,...

2:58PM

Azura adds supply to Mid-Levels

Swire Properties will add much sought-after supply to Mid-Levels with the opening of its new project, Azura at 2A Seymour Road, which will offer 126 units, ranging from 1,650 to 2,100 sqft.

4:18PM

Man's arm chopped off in robbery attempt

6:46AM

Alleged drug courier arrested after tip-off

An alleged drug courier with a kilogram of high-grade ketamine in two vacuum-sealed bags evaded detection on both sides of the Lok Ma Chau-Huanggang border crossing before he was arrested...

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