Ukuze kuhlangatshezwane nesidingo esikhulayo sokuwela abagibeli emadolobheni amakhulu amathathu e-China, ngo-1982, isivumelwano phakathi kukahulumeni waseHong Kong kanye neziphathimandla zase-Shenzhen senziwa ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuxhumana ngokuvula izixhumanisi zemigwaqo emisha. Empendulweni eyingqayizivele yalesi sivumelwano, kwanqunywa ukuthi kudalwe imigwaqo ezowela i-Pearl River Delta (PRD) e-China ngaphesheya kwamamayela angu-31 amanzi.
Ibhuloho lase-Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau libe yimpendulo yohlobo olulodwa kulesi simo. Ngakho-ke, ngo-December 15, 2009, umsebenzi wokwakha ibhuloho elide kunawo wonke emhlabeni waqala ngokusemthethweni wafinyelela inani elilindelekile lezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-10.6. Uma seliqediwe, lizoba uchungechunge lwamabhuloho kanye namahubhu azowela umzila waseLingdingyang, futhi azoba yingqophamlando kuyona.
Umzila uzoxhunywa uchungechunge lwemigwaqo eqala ohlangothini olusempumalanga ye-Chek Lap Kok e-Hong Kong endaweni yokuhlola emngceleni futhi uqhubeke eningizimu yesikhumulo sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe sase-Hong Kong ubheke entshonalanga ungene e-Pearl River Delta. Lapho ifika emngceleni wasolwandle osentshonalanga ye-Hong Kong, izophenduka ibe umhubhe ongaphansi kwamanzi futhi iphinde ivele ngaphezulu ukuze ixhumane nochungechunge lwamabhuloho amabili ombhoshongo.
Eduze kwe-Macau ne-Zhuhai, umzila uba ibhuloho le-bowstring elihloselwe indawo yokuhlola umngcele wesibili lapho uzoxhuma khona ku-Zhuhai Link Road ngokuxhumeka komgwaqo e-Zhuhai. Ijoyinti yokugcina yomhubhe yafakwa ngoMeyi 2, 2017, nosuku okulindeleke ukuthi luqedwe ngesinye isikhathi ekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
Iningi lababambe iqhaza kwezokuvakasha likholelwa ukuthi umthelela waleli bhuloho uzothuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha eHong Kong. Izohlinzeka abavakashi ithuba lokuvakashela iMacau kanye nengxenye esentshonalanga yePearl River Delta ngomgwaqo phezu kokuvakashela eHong Kong. Uhlelo olusha lwezindawo eziningi okuyiwa kuzo nakanjani luzothuthukisa ulwazi lwabavakashi esifundeni, futhi kube yindawo eqinile yokuthengisa ekukhuthazeni ezokuvakasha kwe-Hong Kong. Akugcini lapho, izivakashi zizokwazi ukusho ukuthi zigibele ibhuloho elide kunawo wonke emhlabeni.
Enye inzuzo ukuthi isixhumanisi saseHong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau sizophinde sikhuthaze izakhamuzi eziningi ze-Macau ne-PRD ukuthi zivakashele e-Hong Kong futhi zithenge lapho. Ukukhula kwesibalo salezi zivakashi ezifikayo kuzothuthukisa imboni yezokuvakasha yasendaweni, futhi ukusetshenziswa kwemali kuzothuthukisa umnotho.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abanye abamele ezokuvakasha babona leli bhuloho liwusongo embonini yezokuvakasha yaseHong Kong, bekholelwa ukuthi leli bhuloho elisha lizosho ukuthi bambalwa abantu abazoya eChina noma eMacau bedlula eHong Kong. Ezokuvakasha ziwumthombo obalulekile wemali engenayo e-Hong Kong, ngakho ukuncipha kwenani labavakashi kungaba nomthelela omubi kulesi sifunda.
Abanye babona leli bhuloho njengento edabukisayo ebuhleni bemvelo beTung Chung Bay eHong Kong lapho ingxenye yomgwaqo izodlula khona, ilimaze okuhlangenwe nakho kwezokuvakasha kule ndawo, okuhlanganisa imoto yamakhebula engu-Ngong Ping 360, izindawo zokudayisa zaseTung Chung, futhi ipaki yezwe izungeza itheku.
Ibhuloho laseHong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau laklanywa ukuthi lisebenze iminyaka engu-120, likwazi ukumelana nomoya ohamba ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha angu-180 ngehora, ukuzamazama komhlaba okuyi-8-magnitude, futhi lishaywe umkhumbi wamathani angu-300,000. Ngakho-ke, ukuthi izothinta ezokuvakasha ngendlela enhle noma engeyinhle kusazobonakala, kodwa ngaphandle kokungabaza, ilapha ukuhlala isikhathi eside.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Abanye babona leli bhuloho njengento edabukisayo ebuhleni bemvelo beTung Chung Bay eHong Kong lapho ingxenye yomgwaqo izodlula khona, ilimaze okuhlangenwe nakho kwezokuvakasha kule ndawo, okuhlanganisa imoto yamakhebula engu-Ngong Ping 360, izindawo zokudayisa zaseTung Chung, futhi ipaki yezwe izungeza itheku.
- The route will be connected by a series of roads beginning on the east side of Chek Lap Kok in Hong Kong into a border checkpoint area and continue south of Hong Kong International Airport heading west into the Pearl River Delta.
- On the other hand, some tourism representatives see the bridge as a threat to Hong Kong’s tourism industry, believing the new bridge will mean fewer people will travel to China or Macau via Hong Kong.
