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Huanggang Port Border Crossing to Undergo Major Stress Tests Involving 10,000 People

Hong Kong security chief reveals over 100 exercises, but no official opening date committed for revamped facility.

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Hong Kong's security chief, Chris Tang Ping-keung, announced that the revamped Huanggang Port border crossing will undergo over 100 stress tests, involving more than 10,000 people including civil servants and mainland counterparts, to ensure smooth operations.
No official opening date has been set.

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The revamped Huanggang Port border crossing is undergoing extensive stress tests involving over 10,000 people, including Hong Kong civil servants and mainland Chinese counterparts, to ensure smooth and safe operations.

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Several major stress tests involving more than 10,000 people – including Hong Kong civil servants – will be carried out at the revamped Huanggang Port border crossing, as part of over 100 exercises slated for the coming months to ensure smooth and safe operations, the city’s security chief has revealed.

But Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Saturday stopped short of committing to an official opening date. Sources previously said the land crossing could come into operation as early as September.

During the first government-organised press and lawmaker tour of the new facility, which is located on the Shenzhen side of the border in Futian district, Tang said the exercises would involve individual and cross-departmental tests across the Hong Kong government, as well as participation from mainland Chinese counterparts.

They include operational trials, transport tests and anti-terrorism exercises.

“We will conduct a few large-scale joint exercises with the Shenzhen side, involving at least 10,000 people … Once it’s completed, we will consider the official opening date,” he said.