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Following is a question by the Hon Lothair Lam and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Logistics Ms Mable Chan in the Legislative Council today July 15
Question
There are views that with the enhanced arrangement under the East in East out West in West out planning strategy for crossboundary goods traffic between Shenzhen and Hong Kong the new Huanggang Port the new Port will not provide crossboundary cargo clearance facilities and will instead implement the colocation arrangement and the collaborative inspection and joint clearance mode resulting in changes in the functions of the Lok Ma Chau Control Point LMCCP as well as the uses of related facilities In this connection will the Government inform this Council
1 given that LMCCP currently still retains six goods vehicle kiosks connecting the Futian Free Trade Zone whether the authorities will continue to retain these kiosks upon the commissioning of the new Port if so whether there will be a time limit for their retention and of the respective staffing arrangements for the relevant cargo clearance services
2 given that following the commissioning of the new Port and the implementation of the colocation arrangement there the Yellow Bus shuttle bus services between LMCCP and the original Huanggang Port will no longer be needed will the authorities assist the operators of Yellow Bus in the transformation of their operations if so of the detailed plans and timetable if not the reasons for that
3 of the future uses of the San Tin Public Transport Interchange STPTI upon the ceasing of operations of Yellow Bus whether STPTI will continue to serve as a major transport and feeder service hub for journeys between the new Port and the future San Tin Technopole
4 as set out in a paper submitted to the Panel on Security of this Council on 27 March this year the authorities indicated that no public car park will be provided inside the new Port building and the Government will where conditions permit identify suitable sites in the surrounding areas for the appropriate provision of public car parks and parkandride facilities of the latest progress of the relevant work whether a multistorey public car park will be established at STPTI or in the vicinity of the new Port to allow crossboundary travellers to park their vehicles and travel to the new Port by using feeder services and
5 whether nonfranchised crossboundary coaches providing feeder services between the original Huanggang Port and urban areas will be allowed to use the public transport interchange at the Hong Kong Port Area of the new Port if not will the authorities assist such operators in their transformation
Reply
President
The new Huanggang Port building is located in the Futian District of Shenzhen With a view to enhancing passenger clearance experience and efficiency the colocation arrangement will be implemented at the new Huanggang Port with the adoption of the new collaborative inspection and joint clearance mode The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government will establish the Hong Kong Port Area HKPA inside the port building whereas a public transport interchange PTI will be set up in the HKPA of the new Huanggang Port in support of local public transport services including franchised buses green minibuses and taxis and crossboundary public transport services including longhaul and shorthaul crossboundary coaches
In consultation with the Security Bureau the Innovation Technology and Industry Bureau and the Development Bureau the reply to the question raised by the Hon Lothair Lam is as follows
1 and 3 According to the San Tin Technopole Outline Zoning Plan the existing Lok Ma Chau Control Point and the San Tin PTI have been planned for innovation and technology IT land and adjacent roads In the long term these sites will be developed in phases under different models for IT industries in accordance with the Conceptual Outline of the Development Plan for the Innovation and Technology Industry in the San Tin Technopole Upon commissioning of the new Huanggang Port the existing sites of the Lok Ma Chau Control Point and the San Tin PTI will be released for the abovesaid uses to suit the development of the Northern Metropolis
For the San Tin PTI apart from the existing shuttle bus Yellow Bus terminus passenger pickupdropoff areas have also been set up in support of various local public transport services such as local nonfranchised buses franchised buses green minibuses and taxis At the early stage of the commissioning of the new Huanggang Port the San Tin PTI will remain available for the provision of local public transport services
2 Under the colocation clearance arrangement to be implemented at the new Huanggang Port shuttle buses travelling between the Lok Ma Chau San Tin PTI and the control points of Hong Kong and Shenzhen will no longer be required In view of this the Transport Department TD has been maintaining close communication with the Yellow Bus operator and processing the operators application for service transformation of all buses within its fleet according to established procedures This will enable the operator to make optimal use of its fleet resources and continue to provide other nonfranchised bus services upon the cessation of the Yellow Bus service operation
4 In order to handle more effectively the crossboundary passenger flow which is anticipated to be exceptionally high the TD will arrange various local and crossboundary public transport services in the HKPA of the new Huanggang Port while no public car park will be provided due to space constraints The public transport services will include seven franchised bus routes including one overnight route six minibus routes including three overnight routes crossboundary coach routes including five shorthaul crossboundary coach service routes operating 24 hours a day as well as taxi services including urban New Territories and taxi fleet taxis In particu
