Building bridges

Govt must kick-start infrastructure to bridge financing gap

The People’s Republic of China has once again displayed its engineering prowess, as well as its implementation capability, through the opening of the world’s longest sea bridge — a 55-kilometre stretch between Hong Kong, Zhuhai on the mainland, and Macau — that has a nine-kilometre underground stretch as well. The bridge has been built in nine years and is part of Beijing’s continued effort to drag the autonomous regions of Hong Kong and Macau closer to its orbit, as well as develop relatively under-connected locations within the Pearl River Delta megacity. All three cities connected will now be an hour’s