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Fast entry pledged at city border

(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2007-04-25 10:55


International travelers should be spending less time waiting in line for
Shanghai immigration checks, according to a pledge made by local frontier
authorities.

Border police have promised to increase their working efficiency in
landing and boarding checks at local airports, seaports and rail services
serving countries and regions outside the mainland.

Ninety-five percent of international travelers leaving or arriving in the
city will stand in line for no more than 25 minutes to complete
immigration procedures, the Shanghai Entry-Exit Frontier Inspection
General Station promised in a news release yesterday.

Frontier authorities also pledged that travelers from Hong Kong and Macau
will spend less than 15 seconds to get their documents stamped once
they've reached the entry-exit window. The process will be completed in
no more than 45 seconds for all other travelers.

"These limits have long been our goals, but we are now making bigger
efforts to upgrade our working efficiency and have announced them to the
public to show our determination for improvement," Zhou Xiaodong, an
office with the frontier station, said yesterday.

Other new commitments were also announced.

When the number of travelers waiting for a luggage or immigration check
grows to more than 15 persons, a new passage will be opened immediately.

And officers are required to be prepared for duty 30 minutes before the
arrival of each flight, ship and cross-border train, under the new rules.












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