Crossing between Hong Kong, mainland China partially closed over cracked roads; truck drivers heading north face 1-hour travel delay
- Photos show cracked roads and debris spread across three of Man Kam To border crossing’s northbound lanes
- Closure will have limited impact on city’s fresh food supply despite control point being major crossing for such goods, transport secretary Lam Sai-hung says
Truck drivers heading from Hong Kong to mainland China faced an extra hour of travel on Monday after the Man Kam To border crossing was partially closed due to an “emergency situation” caused by a rare land subsidence.
But Secretary for Transport and Logistics Lam Sai-hung said the disruption would have a limited impact on the city’s fresh food supply despite the control point being a major crossing used for transferring such goods from the mainland.
“While vehicles heading north will use other checkpoints … southbound traffic remains unaffected, so there is little impact on the city’s fresh food supply,” he said.
Lam added that the city had to wait for the mainland to announce when the checkpoint would fully resume services.
Photos from Sunday showed the roads had cracked and debris spread across three of the crossing’s northbound lanes. The surface in front of three booths had also sunk, causing the roofs of two to break.
