The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government today said that people holding an Exit-entry Permit for Travelling to & from Hong Kong & Macao and a Hong Kong identity card concurrently can only use the same document for travelling between Hong Kong and the Mainland.

It made the remarks in response to media enquiries about the arrangements for people holding both documents under the first-phase resumption of normal travel between the two places.

If people use an Exit-entry Permit for Travelling to & from Hong Kong & Macao for going to the Mainland, they do not need to make any booking online. But before returning to Hong Kong, they should make a booking online successfully through the Shenzhen Municipal Government's system.

Similarly, if they use a Hong Kong identity card for travelling to the Mainland, they will be required to make a booking online successfully through the Hong Kong SAR Government's system. However, they do not have to make any booking online before returning to Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong SAR Government explained that on the principle of fairness, all people are required to make bookings online successfully before travelling to the Mainland or Hong Kong through the Shenzhen Bay, Man Kam To and Lok Ma Chau Spur Line/Futian control points under the first-phase resumption of normal travel.

Such an arrangement will not be applicable to Mainland residents entering the Mainland, Hong Kong residents entering Hong Kong, and foreign visitors who return to Hong Kong from the Mainland.