Frontier Closed Area

[1][2] Established to prevent illegal migrants and other illegal activities from Mainland China and elsewhere by land and sea, the closed area is fenced along its perimeter to serve as a buffer between the closed border and the rest of the territory patrolled and controlled by Hong Kong Police Force and its Marine Region and the Immigration Department at land and sea.

[4] In order to fight gun smuggling during the Korean War, a curfew was put in place in the closed area in 1952.

[7] It was later described as "flimsy" in the South China Morning Post, in that groups of refugees could press it flat simply by leaning against it.

The amendments reflected the relocation of the Man Kam To Control Point, and also completely excluded Lei Uk Village from the closed area.

Secretary for Security Alistair Asprey stated this was to "balance individual rights and the need to combat illegal immigration".

Environmentalists and the WWF[14] have pointed out that the proposal will have negative impacts on the ecology of the excluded areas.

It starts from Mai Po Nature Reserve in Yuen Long and ends along Lin Ma Hang Road.