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Additional facilitation measures to assist cross-boundary vehicles stranded in Mainland or Macao to return to Hong Kong for vehicle examination
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     The Transport Department (TD) announced today (February 17) that additional measures will be implemented from March 1 to 31 to further enable cross-boundary vehicles with expired Hong Kong vehicle licences and stranded in the Mainland or Macao, to return to the pre-booked designated car testing centre in Hong Kong directly on a specified date for vehicle examinations in order to renew their Hong Kong vehicle licences.

     The additional facilitation measures will allow the eligible cross-boundary vehicles to return to Hong Kong on a specific date through a designated route via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) to a pre-booked designated car testing centre for vehicle examination and completion of subsequent licensing renewal procedures. Under the additional measures, vehicle owners must confirm that the vehicle should be roadworthy for road safety concern in their applications.

     Eligible vehicle owners are required to submit application forms to the TD two weeks in advance of the planned date of return with the following documents:
 
  • Copy of Mainland approval notice
  • Copy of Hong Kong vehicle registration document
  • Copies of the designated driver/reserve driver's identity document and valid Hong Kong Full Driving Licence
  • Copy of Hong Kong third party risk insurance/cover note valid on the day of return
  • Copy of Mainland compulsory traffic accident liability insurance/Macao statutory vehicle insurance for motor vehicles valid on the day of return
  • Booking record of the service at vehicle examination centre
  • Declaration on vehicle performance

     An approval letter will be issued to successful applicants. The approved vehicle shall be driven by the driver on a specified date through a specified route via the HZMB port to the pre-booked designated car testing centre in Hong Kong for vehicle examination as stipulated in the approval letter. There is a daily limit set for the number of vehicles to return to Hong Kong. The TD urged applicants to submit their applications as early as possible. The TD will publish in the Gazette a notice to exempt the cross-boundary vehicles approved to return to Hong Kong on a specified date from the regulations on vehicle registration and licensing.

     Eligible vehicle owners may submit their applications to the TD in person or by agent through drop-in box, by email or by post two weeks in advance of the planned date of return. The TD will receive applications starting from March 1 and the application procedures and details will be announced at the TD's website (www.td.gov.hk) later.

     In the meantime, the existing facilitation measure, which allows eligible cross-boundary vehicles stranded in the Mainland or Macao to be driven back to Hong Kong on a specified date via the HZMB port through a designated route to a designated car park/location in HZMB Hong Kong Port for parking, has been extended to June 30 this year. The vehicle may then be transferred via a self-arranged towing service to a designated vehicle examination centre for vehicle examination prior to their arrangement for vehicle licence renewal. This existing facilitation measure and the additional facilitation measures announced today will be in force in parallel, with a view to allowing more eligible cross-boundary vehicles to return to Hong Kong for vehicle examination.
 
Ends/Friday, February 17, 2023
Issued at HKT 11:02
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