The Macau government announced yesterday that it will issue 914 additional permits for Macau-registered cars to enter Hong Kong via the Hong-Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) – 558 for individuals and 356 for companies.
According to an announcement published in the Official Gazette (BO) yesterday, the application period started yesterday and will end on October 23. The 914 permits will be valid for three years. Applicants will enter a lucky draw to get a permit, the results of which will be announced on October 29. Those obtaining a permit through the lucky draw will have to pay 1,000 patacas for the permit.
Before the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened in October 24 last year, the Macau government issued 600 permits for Macau-registered cars entering Hong Kong via the delta bridge, while the Hong Kong government issued 300 permits for Hong Kong-registered cars entering Macau via the bridge. Among the 600 permits issued by the Macau government valid for one year, 300 were for individual applicants while the other 300 were for Macau-registered companies. Each individual applicant or company applicant who obtained the one-year permit via a lucky draw during the application period in June last year had to pay 30,000 patacas for the permit.
