The new border checkpoint to be built between Macau and Zhuhai in the north area of the peninsula is expected to run 24 hours per day, officials from the Macau government said yesterday. The border is to handle up to 250,000 crossings per day. The new checkpoint will be located where the Nam Yuet wholesale market now is, and will be for pedestrians only, however all details – including its operating hours – still need to receive approval from Beijing. The Macau and Guangdong authorities approved the project at last week’s Guangdong-Macau Cooperation Joint Conference. For now, there are no estimates either on the construction budget or on the checkpoint’s opening date.
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