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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.
$5,000 fines . .
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.
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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.
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.