Cross-border consumption reflects further integration with mainland China, Hong Kong leader John Lee says

“Why can’t you attract more than 7 million residents to spend money here?” he said. “The comparison between more than 7 million and more than 200,000 is 97 per cent and 3 per cent.

“We have such a large number of people consuming here. We need to think about how to get them to consume.”

The immigration figures showed that more than 375,000 city residents left Hong Kong on Saturday last week, mostly through land checkpoints into the mainland. More than 259,000 Hongkongers left the city on Sunday.

Chief Executive John Lee urges businesses to explore ways to attract residents. Photo: Dickson Lee

Large numbers of Hongkongers have flocked to the mainland for weekends and holidays since the full resumption of cross-border travel after three years of the coronavirus pandemic.

Travellers crossing the Hong Kong-mainland border enjoyed shorter journeys after authorities in the north lifted a mandatory health declaration earlier this month, the final pandemic curb to be axed.

Number of Hong Kong high-speed rail passengers exceeds pre-pandemic levels

Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation earlier said the number of passengers on the cross-border high-speed railway had exceeded pre-pandemic levels, surpassing 17 million this year.

The passenger figures for the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays reached a record-high of more than 100,000, according to the rail operator.

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