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After the countdown in the early morning of New Year's Day, thousands of mainland tourists were forced to stay in Sheung Shui MTR Station and other places due to the failure to evacuate in time, some people blamed the traffic carrying capacity problem, some people pointed out that the MTR to and from the border did not run overnight, some people pointed out that the border should be changed to 24 hours a day, and some people criticized the Hong Kong SAR government's response and adaptation on a miscalculation and did not foresee potential problems, feasibility, contingency and risk assessment, and did not see too many people, when the situation is not right, while there is still transportation back to Shenzhen, to make a decisive decision, did not book a hotel room and insisted on playing in another city all night, in case of uncertain factors, you need to bear your own responsibility.
It is undeniable that this incident reflects that there is still room for improvement in Hong Kong's carrying capacity to receive tourists, drawing inferences from one case to another, making the author more worried is that the 15th National Games will be jointly hosted by various cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in 2025, and Hong Kong is one of its organizers, which is expected to host some events. Whether the media and audiences are capable of handling the additional tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of mainland tourists and VIPs every day? What's more, in 2025, there will be two other large-scale international multi-sport games in the mainland, including the 2025 Sichuan Chengdu World Games and the 2025 Heilongjiang Harbin Winter Asian Games.
Chinese New Year's Eve Hong Kong co-hosted equestrian events at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and of course, Hong Kong has hosted international financial events, exhibitions, conferences, professional conferences, and even the annual meetings and concerts of the International Chamber of Commerce in addition to major sports events.
The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau (THB) will be one of the leading departments for the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area National Games, and the department's foresight and adaptability will be assets, and the pilot will be the key. The Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau and other departments are advised to conduct drills and rehearsals as early as possible to cope with unexpected contingencies and not to be aware of the situation. The Hong Kong SAR Government should connect with the Guangdong Province, the provincial co-host cities and the Macao SAR Government as soon as possible, carefully divide the work, check the competition schedule and the work they are responsible for, and demonstrate their coordination ability, so that the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area National Games can leave a deep impression on the whole country.
Text: Zhu Jiajian