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Consensus reached on Y-shaped delta link

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A HK-Macau-Zhuhai connection offers most benefits, says Donald Tsang

Consensus has finally been reached between Hong Kong and Guangdong to build a Y-shaped bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai after a central government report backed the proposal.

The news was welcomed by the business and political sectors in Hong Kong who said the bridge should be built as soon as possible to improve cross-border integration.

Hong Kong's Chief Secretary, Donald Tsang Yam-kuen, and Sarah Liao Sau-tung, Secretary for Environment, Transport and Works, met officials from the central government, Guangdong and Macau in Beijing yesterday to discuss a consultancy report on the proposed bridge linking Hong Kong with the Pearl River Delta.

Speaking after the meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guest House, Mr Tsang said the report conducted by a research institute under the State Development and Reform Commission concluded that the Y-shaped bridge proposal favoured by Hong Kong should be given priority.

'There are many possible routes linking Hong Kong and the western Pearl River Delta, but the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge proposal can reap the maximum macro-economic and social benefits. It also has its demands and urgency,' Mr Tsang said.

'Participants at the meeting from all sides have agreed with this conclusion. They agreed that this route would not only boost the development of the western Pearl River Delta, but also bring about many opportunities for many areas in Hong Kong.'

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