The Transport Department today announced that the additional measures to assist cross-boundary vehicles stranded in the Mainland or Macau to return to Hong Kong for vehicle examinations implemented since March 1 will be extended to June 30.

Cross-boundary vehicles with expired Hong Kong vehicle licences and are stranded in the Mainland or Macau can 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 examinations to renew their Hong Kong vehicle licences.

The vehicle owner must confirm that the vehicle should be roadworthy for road safety concerns in their application.

Vehicle owners are required to submit application forms in person or by agent through drop-in box, by email or by post to the department two weeks in advance of the planned date of return, ie before June 16, with the required documents.

There is a daily limit set for the number of vehicles to return to Hong Kong. An approval letter will be issued to successful applicants.

The department 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. Call 2804 2600 for enquiries.

Meanwhile, the existing facilitation measure, which allows eligible cross-boundary vehicles stranded in the Mainland or Macau to be driven back to Hong Kong on a specified date via the HZMB port through a designated route to a designated car park or location in the HZMB Hong Kong Port for parking, has been extended to June 30.

The vehicle may then be transferred by a self-arranged towing service to a designated vehicle examination centre for a vehicle examination prior to the arrangements for a vehicle licence renewal.

Since Hong Kong has fully resumed connection with the Mainland, the facilitation measures and additional facilitation measures will expire on June 30. The department has no plan to further extend the arrangements.

Vehicle owners have to arrange the cross-boundary services for towing back their cross-boundary vehicles with expired vehicle licences to Hong Kong on their own. The department reminds vehicle owners to consider early applications for the facilitation measures.