Regular Quotas for Hong Kong Private Cars Using HZMB to Macao Open for Application from August 7

Regular quotas for Hong Kong private cars using HZMB to Macao open for application

The Transport Department (TD) announced today (July 31) 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 August 7, making better use of the HZMB's carrying capacity and promoting convenient cross-boundary travel.

The Transport Department, Photo by Bastille Post

This batch of quotas accepts individuals or companies engaged in specific employment or business activities in Macao to apply for individual or company quotas respectively under "quotas with eligibility criteria". All Hong Kong permanent residents and registered companies may apply for "open quotas".

A spokesman for the TD said, "The 'open quotas' not subject to the eligibility criteria were first introduced in May 2026 and were well received by the public and local companies. By relaunching both 'quotas with eligibility criteria' and 'open quotas', we aim to offer different options to enable Hong Kong residents to drive to Macao for work, business, visiting families or sight-seeing conveniently. The Hong Kong and Macao governments will continue to adhere to the principle of making better use of the HZMB's carrying capacity and improve the arrangements concerned, thereby strengthening ties between the two places."

Application details

The 1400 Hong Kong quotas in this batch comprise 400 additional quotas agreed between the governments of Hong Kong and Macao, and 1000 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 (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 (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

1 000

400

The TD reminds applicants that:

• Any individual or company can only hold one Hong Kong quota. Holders of existing individual or company quotas issued in or after July 2024 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 August 7 until 5pm on August 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 August 20.

Validity period of quotas

The new quotas will be valid starting from September 30, 2026, or after (subject to application progress) until September 29, 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's website or call the hotline 2804 2600 for enquiries.

Hong Kong private cars using HZMB, Photo source: reference image

Approved Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan amended

The Town Planning Board today (July 31) announced amendments to the approved Kwai Chung Outline Zoning Plan (OZP).

The amendments mainly involve (i) rezoning a site at the junction of Lei Muk Road and Kwok Shui Road from "Other Specified Uses" ("OU") annotated "Buildings with Historical and Architectural Interests Preserved for Social Welfare Facility Use", "Open Space" and an area shown as 'Road' to "Residential (Group A)5"; (ii) revision to the building height restriction of the "OU" annotated "Columbarium" ("OU(Columbarium)") zone at Tsing Tsuen Road; (iii) rezoning three strips of land at Tsing Tsuen Road from "Green Belt" and "Industrial" ("I") to "OU(Columbarium)"; (iv) rezoning three parcels of land near Wing Kei Road and to the east of Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery (TWCPC) from "OU(Columbarium)", "OU" annotated "Cemetery" ("OU(Cemetery)") and "OU" annotated "Funeral Parlours and Crematorium" ("OU(FPC)") to "I"; (v) rezoning a parcel of land to the east of TWCPC from "OU(Cemetery)" and "I" to "OU(FPC)"; and (vi) rezoning a site at Wo Yi Hop Road from "OU" annotated "Business" to "Residential (Group E)2".

The Notes and Explanatory Statement of the OZP are amended to take into account the above amendments. Opportunity is also taken to update the general information of various land use zones and the planning scheme area, where appropriate.

The draft Kwai Chung OZP No. S/KC/33, incorporating the amendments, is available for public inspection during office hours at (i) the Secretariat of the Town Planning Board, (ii) the Planning Enquiry Counters, (iii) the Tsuen Wan and West Kowloon District Planning Office, and (iv) the Kwai Tsing District Office.

Any person may make written representations in respect of the amendments to the Secretary of the Town Planning Board on or before September 30, 2026. Any person who intends to make a representation is advised to read the Town Planning Board Guidelines No. 29C on "Submission and Processing of Representations and Further Representations" (TPB PG-No. 29C).

Submission of a representation should comply with the requirements set out in TPB PG-No. 29C. In particular, the representer should take note of the following:

* If the representer fails to provide his or her full name and the first four alphanumeric characters of his or her Hong Kong identity card or passport number as required under TPB PG-No. 29C, the representation submitted shall be treated as not having been made; and

* The Secretariat of the Town Planning Board reserves the right to require the representer to provide identity proof for verification.

The Guidelines and the submission form are available at the above locations (i) and (ii) and the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).

Copies of the draft Kwai Chung OZP are available for sale at the Map Publications Centre in North Point. The electronic version of the OZP can be viewed on the Town Planning Board's website (www.tpb.gov.hk).

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