There has been a lot of discussion about the possibility of having a 24-hour border crossing with the mainland.
The biggest impact of the border closure is not on commuters but on freight. In Lowu, trucks queue up all night waiting for the border to open.
The cost of cross-border freight is huge. It can cost more to get some goods from the mainland than from the US.
Half of the products we buy in Hong Kong come from the mainland and carry additional costs because of the border freight arrangements.
If Lowu was open overnight trucks could be moving rather than idle. Containers could be moving through Hong Kong at night, rather than clogging up the Tolo Highway during the rush hour.
Food could arrive in the markets and superstores in a much fresher condition. At a time when the Government wants to make Hong Kong a logistics superhub, it is absurd to make it so expensive, slow and difficult to get goods in and out.
