Border crossings busy during long weekend

During the Chung Yeung Festival long weekend holiday, more than 1.35 million passenger trips were recorded passing through various control points yesterday.

Immigration Department figures show that on Saturday, over 670,000 Hong Kong resident trips departed, while Mainland visitor arrivals exceeded 130,000.

Among them, a total of approximately 130,000 passenger trips passed through the Huanggang Control Point, of which over 60,000 departures were Hong Kong residents.

The Lo Wu Control Point saw the highest number of departures, with over 170,000 passenger trips.

Over 130,000 passenger trips departed through the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point.