When Macau residents Amy Leong and Danniel Ng devised a plan to move for retirement, they encountered an unexpected hurdle: finding affordable moving services proved challenging due to the added cost of customs clearance.
They had decided to move from the city, where they had lived for decades, to Hengqin, an island in neighboring Zhuhai that is jointly administered by the governments of Guangdong and Macau.
Last year, a housing project exclusively for city residents was rolled out, the Macau New Neighborhood.
The couple in their 60s bought a three-bedroom apartment for about 3 million yuan ($411,180), which they said was more expensive than other homes in Zhuhai but still cheaper than in Macau.
“Hiring a moving company is even more expensive than buying all the furniture again from the mainland,” Leong said.
The couple decided to move their belongings with their own car and made several trips between Macau and Hengqin.
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