Transport | Single border inspection for cars passing through Hengqin borders

The Flor de Lótus border

Double-plated cars passing through the Hengqin and Flor de Lótus border can now get to each side after just one inspection issued by either side, according to a report by Macao Daily News.
The new policy was implemented on Tuesday. From now on, cars with fewer than ten seats entering Macau with a valid stamp from Hengqin Customs see a second inspection waived, and vice versa.
The stamp will be granted to the drivers once their cars pass through the X-ray scanning system.
“This measure will come to solve the problem of duality of inspections,” explained Wong Wai Man, officer from the Macao Customs Service, adding: “I think that the process will be faster, taking only 15 minutes or maybe even less.”
Wu Yirong, director of the Hengqin Customs, said that “the number of double-plate cars crossing the border has been increasing and we have to deal with that reality.”
He claimed that currently there are approximately 1,800 cars (with nine or less seats) crossing the aforementioned borders. By implementing this new policy, Wu expects the work efficiency of Hengqin border control to increase about 30 percent in terms of processing time. Furthermore, he noted that once the new operation in Hengqin eases, the boarding policy will be extended to the Gongbei border gate, as well as the Zhuhai-­Macau cross-­border industrial zone.