Over 130,000 crossings at Ganghuang Port on the first day of the Double Ninth Festival holiday

Data from the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government shows that on the 17th, the first day of the Chung Yeung Festival holiday in Hong Kong, a total of 1.353 million passenger trips were recorded at all control points. The rebuilt Huanggang Port recorded more than 130,000 passenger crossings that day, a significant increase compared with the old port. On the 17th, Secretary for Security of the Hong Kong SAR Government Tang Ping-keung said that in the first few working days after the rebuilt Huanggang Port opened, average daily passenger traffic rose from 30,000 to 40,000 in the past to more than 80,000, with overall clearance smooth. Hong Kong Immigration Department data shows that on the 17th, Hong Kong recorded 512,000 inbound and more than 840,000 outbound passenger trips at all control points. Of the outbound trips, more than 672,000 were Hong Kong residents, up nearly 10 percent from 615,000 on the Saturday of this year's Buddha's Birthday long weekend. Excluding the airport, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, more than 530,000 passenger trips that day went north to the mainland via land routes, high-speed rail and other means, accounting for more than 80 percent.