6.5 million people to pass through Hong Kong borders during coming holiday

Nearly 6.5 million people are expected to pass through Hong Kong’s border control points during the coming Easter and Ching Ming Festival holiday, the Immigration Department has said.The department estimated that 6.44 million Hong Kong residents and visitors would pass through air, land and sea control points between Friday and Tuesday.About 5.43 million trips were expected to be made via land boundary control points linking Hong Kong and Shenzhen.The number of outbound and inbound trips using land borders will be relatively higher on Friday and Tuesday, with about 712,000 and 671,000 passengers expected, respectively.Travellers wait to cross the border at the Zhuhai-Macau-bridge" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="17286" data-entity-type="location">Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Control Point in 2024. The Immigration Department said it had minimised leave for frontline officers to allow for flexible deployment and would operate additional counters and channels. Photo: Edmond SoGood Friday is a public holiday in Hong Kong. The festival falls on Sunday, so Monday is another holiday. Tuesday is also a holiday as it follows Easter Monday.