Man Kam To Control Point () is a border control point in

Man Kam To Man Kam To or Mankamto (; Hong Kong Hakka: Vun2 Gim3 Tu4) is an area in the North District, New Territories, Hong Kong near the border with Shenzhen in mainland China. Administration For electoral purposes, Man Kam To is part of the Sha Ta cons ...

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, Hong Kong, within the

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on the border with

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. It was the first

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clearance border crossing in Hong Kong. Its counterpart across the border is the

Wenjindu Port The Wenjindu Port is a land port of China on the Sham Chun River (Shenzhen River), in , Luohu, Shenzhen, Guangdong. Its counterpart on the opposite side of the border is the Man Kam To Control Point. The Wenjindu neighbourhood is served by , ...

, located within

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, Guangdong Province. Until 1985, when the Sha Tau Kok border crossing opened, Man Kam To Control Point was the only vehicular link between Hong Kong and China.

History

A new concrete bridge opened at Man Kam To in 1976, replacing an older wooden bridge spanning the

Sham Chun River The Sham Chun River, Shum Chum River, or Shenzhen River () serves as the natural border between Hong Kong and Mainland China, together with the Sha Tau Kok River, Mirs Bay and Deep Bay. It formed part of the limit of the lease of the N ...

that had deteriorated since. A second concrete bridge, located slightly upriver, was completed in 1984. As part of the Sham Chun River training works, a new four-lane bridge was built in 2003. Both of the older bridges were demolished at this time. On 30 January 2020, the border checkpoint closed all border crossing services with the exception of freight trucks, this was due to the

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History

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