Land Registry releases new Street Index and New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table
The Land Registry (LR) announced today (May 1) that compact discs for the 58th edition of the Index of Streets, House Numbers and Lots in Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Kowloon (Street Index), and the 27th edition of the New Territories Lot/Address Cross Reference Table (CRT), have been released. The discs facilitate searches of land records of urban and New Territories properties by correlating property addresses, building names or lot numbers.
The new edition of the Street Index features 500 amendments to the last edition, with five new streets and 59 new lots/sections/subsections added. In the latest edition of the CRT, 1 743 amendments have been made and nine new streets and 874 new lots/sections/subsections have been added.
The new editions of the Street Index and CRT compact discs cost $370 each. Licences for using them on computer networks are also available for sale. The respective licence fees are $2,960 for a computer network linked to less than 50 terminals and $5,920 if linked to 50 terminals or more.
Members of the public who wish to purchase the compact discs and the licences may submit a completed order form on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/pforms/form.htm), by post or in person to the LR's Customer Centre (19/F, Queensway Government Offices, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong), the New Territories Search Offices or the LR's Street Index and CRT Help Desk (Room 1031, 10/F, Wu Chung House, 213 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai, Hong Kong). The form can be obtained on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/pforms/form.htm) or at the LR's Customer Centre, the New Territories Search Offices and the Street Index and CRT Help Desk.
An online version of the new Street Index and CRT is also available for free browsing on the LR's website (www.landreg.gov.hk/en/public/pu-si_agree.htm) or through the hyperlink onthe Integrated Registration Information System Online Services (www.iris.gov.hk).
For enquiries, please call the Street Index and CRT Help Desk or the Customer Service Manager of the LR at 3105 0000.
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New open category under regular quotas for Hong Kong private cars using HZMB to Macao facilitates cross-boundary travel
The Transport Department (TD) announced today (May 1) that a total of 1400 regular quotas for Hong Kong cross-boundary non-commercial private cars using the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) to Macao (Hong Kong quotas) will be open for application from May 7. A new open category will be introduced to make better use of the HZMB's carrying capacity and facilitate efficient cross-boundary travel.
Apart from accepting individuals or companies meeting specific employment or business activities to apply for individual or company quotas respectively under "quotas with eligibility criteria" according to the usual practice, new "open quotas" not subject to the above eligibility criteria will be introduced in this batch for all Hong Kong permanent residents and registered companies.
A spokesman for the TD said, "Hong Kong and Macao governments have adhered to the principle of making better use of the HZMB's carrying capacity. The governments have committed to enhance the arrangements of cross-boundary driving schemes, streamline the application procedures and improve travel experiences. These new open quotas will provide additional convenience for Hong Kong residents to drive to Macao for work, business, visiting families or sight-seeing, thereby strengthening ties between the two places."
Application details
The 1400 Hong Kong quotas in this batch include 900 additional quotas agreed between the governments of Hong Kong and Macao and 500 reallocated quotas upon expiry. Details of different categories and their eligibility criteria are tabulated below:
Category of Hong Kong quotas |
Quotas with eligibility criteria
(allocated based on existing eligibility criteria) |
Open quotas
(open to all individuals/ companies) |
Individual quotas |
500
(including 250 new quotas and 250 reallocated quotas)
open to Hong Kong permanent residents who are employed with remuneration in Macao or who have established a registered company in Macao
|
200
(new quotas)
open to all Hong Kong permanent residents
|
Company quotas |
500
(including 250 new quotas and 250 reallocated quotas)
open to companies registered in both Hong Kong and Macao, or companies registered in Hong Kong that are associated with another company registered in Macao
|
200
(new quotas)
open to all companies registered in Hong Kong
|
Total |
1000 |
400 |
The TD reminded applicants that:
Any individual or company can only hold one Hong Kong quota. Holders of existing individual or company quotas launched from September 2023 onwards are not eligible for this batch;
Each individual or company can only submit one application under quotas with eligibility criteria or open quotas. They will be disqualified if otherwise;
To further ensure applicants' eligibility, during ballot registration, all applicants must fill in the reference numbers of their valid required supporting documents; and
Applicants under quotas with eligibility criteria are also required to upload a copy of the required supporting documents (including a valid Business Registration Certificate of a Macao registered company, a valid Non-resident Worker's Identification Card issued by the Macao Public Security Police Force or a Macao Permanent Resident Identity Card and a valid employment contract with receipts of income covering the recent three months issued by the employer in Macao).
Eligible applicants may submit their applications from 9am on May 7 until 5.15pm on May 20, 2026, through the GovHK website (www.gov.hk/en/residents/transport/crossboundary/hzmballot.htm), after which a ballot will be conducted. Successful balloting applicants must submit the required documents for the TD's vetting to prove that they have met the eligibility criteria on or before May 20.
Validity period of quotas
Private cars issued with quotas are expected to access the city of Macao multiple times via the HZMB starting from July 13, 2026, at the earliest. The quotas are valid for not more than three years until July 12, 2029. The TD will arrange open applications for and reallocation of the quotas upon their expiry.
For details of the application criteria, procedures and licensing requirements of Hong Kong quotas, please visit the TD'swebsiteor call the hotline 2804 2600 for enquiries.
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