Smart ID cards set for those born in 1970-71 (Hong Kong Immigration Department)

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[Happy2BMe]

Smart ID cards set for those born in 1970-71

Identity-card holders born in 1970-71 are required to apply for new smart ID cards between August 8 and September 24.

Eligible applicants can book an appointment by calling 1838 333, via the ESDlife website, or at any ESD kiosk.

Eligible applicants should submit their applications in person at a Smart ID Card Centre.

If their ID cards bear the 'A' or '***' residential symbol, or their ID cards were issued on or after January 1, 1999, and bear the 'R' residential symbol, they need to bring only their existing ID cards.

Other eligible applicants should also bring along their travel documents showing their current residential status in Hong Kong.

Be sure to apply

Failure to apply for a new card within the specified period is an offence liable to a fine of $5,000.

However, people who are absent from Hong Kong within the specified application period can apply for the new cards within 30 days of their return.

The application period for people born in 1943-46 will end on August 6. Eligible applicants who have not yet replaced their ID cards should apply as soon as possible to avoid a last-minute rush.

Cross-boundary drivers, including private-car drivers, can apply for new ID cards at any of the Smart ID Card Centres before the periods specified for their age groups on production of proof that they are cross-boundary drivers.

Applicants are advised to make an appointment. Smart ID Card Centres are open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 9.15pm and are closed on Sundays and public holidays.

For more information on the ID card replacement exercise, please contact the Immigration Department on 2824 6111

[Happy2BMe]

"Eligible applicants?"

$5,000 fines . .

[cyborg]

I'm for turning the SS card into a national ID card. We're already going towards a Satan government that minds our business anyway.

[Happy2BMe]

How the ChiComs handle "immigration eligibility" in their capitalist pearl of the orient - Hong Kong . .

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Star appeal: Director of Immigration Lai Tung-kwok (centre) appoints Alex Fong and Myolie Wu as the new "Smart Identity" Card Ambassadors.

[NZerFromHK]

Hong Kong has had a compulsory ID card system for a generation. I still hold one even though I haven't been back to HK for 8 years and HK police can legally stop anyone on the street and ask for his ID card on the spot. If he can't produce one he would have a big trouble spending time in police custody explaining what his identity is.

It was originally set up by the (British) Hong Kong government to stem the flow of refugees from China following the Communist takeover of the mainland portion of China in 1949. Over time it seems to be a natural requirement to Hong Kong Chinese that they are shocked to see how the ID system is perceived in the West by civil libertarians and conservatives.