New section of Hong Kong’s Central Kowloon Bypass to ‘slash travel time by 80%’

Hong Kong’s long-awaited Yau Ma Tei section of the Central Kowloon Bypass opened on Sunday, with eight bus routes – including three new ones – to begin operating on Monday, cutting peak-hour travel time between West and East Kowloon from 30 minutes to just five. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Secretary for Transport and Logistics Mable Chan hailed the project as a triumph of engineering and a testament to the “Hong Kong Spirit”, despite the immense complexity of the construction process. She...