BEIJING, Sept. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollysys Automation Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications inÂ China, today issued a press release on the commencement of operation of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) Hong Kong section:

A new page is open for the cross-boundary travel between Hong Kong and the Mainland of China as the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) was finally put into operation on September 23rd, 2018. Passengers will clear Chinese immigration at the line's newly built West Kowloon terminus, the source of major legal controversy when it was revealed that mainland Chinese law would apply within roughly one-quarter of the station's area. That guarantees Hong Kong the right to maintain rights such as freedom of speech and assembly — which are routinely violated on the mainland — until 2047. Ma Xingrui, governor of the Guangdong Province of China, and Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's chief executive, were present for the opening ceremony Saturday.
The 26-kilometer-long (16 mi) Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section opens for commercial operation.