Macau-Zhongshan free yachting still targeting year-end

Implementation of the ‘Free Yacht Travel Scheme’ between the city and Zhongshan in Guangdong is still expected by the end of this year, the director of the Marine and Water Bureau, Wong Soi Man, told reporters yesterday.
According to Ms. Wong, the joint Customs inspection building for the scheme in Zhongshan has already been completed. She said the construction project is still pending an acceptance check as it relates to joint-inspection work of different departments at the border.
In fact, the free yacht travel scheme between the Special Administrative Region and the Chinese city was first scheduled for implementation in the middle of this year. The opening date was later postponed to the end of September and once again to the end of this year.
The head of the Shipping and Seafarers Department told reporters recently that the delay was due to the governments still organising border and Customs issues although all maritime affairs had been basically settled.