City to build cruise liner port by 2011

CONSTRUCTION of a mother port for luxury cruise liners will begin this year at Taizi Bay, Shekou in Nanshan District, Mayor Xu Zongheng said Tuesday.

The project will mark the start of the development of cruise liner and yacht travel industry in the city.

The Taizi Bay mother port, billed as Shenzhen’s “future gateway” to the sea, is expected to be in use by 2011. The main project and related facilities will be built over five years and become a strategic platform connecting Hong Kong and Shenzhen, yesterday’s Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.
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