COLLECTIVE investment on the Hong Kong-Macau-Zhuhai bridge body has totalled to CNY5.24 billion (US$829.2 million) as of the end of July, taking up 13.8 per cent of the total amount allotted to bridge construction, according to Liao Jingshan, director of Guangdong Province Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office.

    The Zhuhai-Macau bridge connecting project investment adjustment report has gotten approval from the China National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and its design has approved by the Ministry of Transport.

    The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong high-speed railway investment has totalled to CNY23.67 billion as of the end of July, taking up 88 per cent of the total sum. The section from Guangzhou South Station and Shenzhen North Station has been completed and open to traffic. The Chinese government is currently studying the feasible mode of operation of the customs, said Xinhua's report.

    On the other hand, the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Eastern Corridor started construction in 2010 is expected to be finished in 2013. Investment on the project has totalled to CNY316 million. At the meantime, the Wenjindu passenger inspection building is under expansion project.