Registration for the Cash Payout Scheme will start on June 21 with the 21 participating banks accepting electronic registration from 7am that day.

About 1,000 bank branches and 120 post offices across the city will open from 9am to 5pm to facilitate the submission of registration forms.

The Government said that registering electronically through banks is the fastest and most convenient way to receive the payment, adding that Internet banking users only need to provide their local telephone contact number and choose a sole-name account to receive the payment.

People who do not have Internet banking accounts may register at the banks' websites by simply providing their local contact telephone number, bank account number and the first four alphanumeric characters of their Hong Kong permanent identity card.

Payment for electronic registrations submitted through banks from June 21 to 30 will be deposited into the sole-name bank accounts specified by registrants from around July 8. For electronic registrations submitted on or after July 1, registrants will receive the payment one week after registration.

Apart from ZA Bank, all the participating banks will also accept registration by paper form (Form 1). People who do not register online may put completed paper registration forms into drop-in boxes at banks or mail them to GPO Box No. 182020.

People who wish to receive the payment by order cheques may submit electronic registration forms at the Hongkong Post website, or put the completed paper registration form (Form 2) into a post office drop-in box or mail it to GPO Box No. 182020.

Registration by paper form will be conducted in three batches according to the registrants' year of birth. People who were born in 1955 or before may submit the forms from June 21. Those who submit registration forms in the first two weeks will receive the payment or notification of cheque collection from July 20.

The Government has held four briefing sessions to explain the scheme’s details to representatives of about 600 elderly homes, residential care homes for the disabled and non-governmental organisations.

Click here or call 18 2020 for details of the Cash Payout Scheme.