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| China gives nod to HK checkpoint | China gives nod to HK checkpoint |
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| China has granted formal permission for Hong Kong to run a customs and immigration checkpoint on Chinese soil. | China has granted formal permission for Hong Kong to run a customs and immigration checkpoint on Chinese soil. |
| The news has been welcomed by Hong Kong's trade and transport circles, and is a sign of growing links between the territory and southern China. | The news has been welcomed by Hong Kong's trade and transport circles, and is a sign of growing links between the territory and southern China. |
| The agreement was formalised by a bill that passed through China's parliament. | The agreement was formalised by a bill that passed through China's parliament. |
| It allows two different legal jurisdictions, China and Hong Kong, to operate border checks on goods and persons in the same place, Shenzhen. | It allows two different legal jurisdictions, China and Hong Kong, to operate border checks on goods and persons in the same place, Shenzhen. |
| Shenzhen is a southern Chinese trading hub where a new transport link known as the western corridor is being built. | Shenzhen is a southern Chinese trading hub where a new transport link known as the western corridor is being built. |
| The corridor will soon link south China's manufacturing centres more directly into Hong Kong's ports and service industries with a new highway and bridge. | The corridor will soon link south China's manufacturing centres more directly into Hong Kong's ports and service industries with a new highway and bridge. |
| Sonny Ho of the Hong Kong Shippers' Council says the corridor will double its existing capacity for cargo transport between Hong Kong and south China. | Sonny Ho of the Hong Kong Shippers' Council says the corridor will double its existing capacity for cargo transport between Hong Kong and south China. |
| He says the bridge, which forms part of the new western corridor, is capable of carrying 30,000 vehicles a day. | He says the bridge, which forms part of the new western corridor, is capable of carrying 30,000 vehicles a day. |
| Trade experts agree the ability to process both cargo and passengers efficiently in one location at the Chinese end of the new transport link is a significant boost to the area. | Trade experts agree the ability to process both cargo and passengers efficiently in one location at the Chinese end of the new transport link is a significant boost to the area. |
| There have been some concerns expressed about the implications of different legal systems operating in the same place. | There have been some concerns expressed about the implications of different legal systems operating in the same place. |
| But experts say the agreement is an important step in growing cooperation between the special administrative region of Hong Kong and China. | But experts say the agreement is an important step in growing cooperation between the special administrative region of Hong Kong and China. |