By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-12-19 07:41:34 | Updated at 2024-12-19 10:59:06
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Hong Kong’s 4.2 million active AlipayHK users could be eligible for the government’s transport subsidy from next year, joining Octopus card holders in this initiative.
The Transport Department announced the expansion on Thursday, almost six years after the Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme was launched in January 2019.
The scheme allows commuters to claim a 25 per cent refund of their public travel expenses that exceed HK$400 (US$51.50) every month. The subsidy is also capped at HK$400 per user per month.
Currently, only Octopus users can be reimbursed by tapping their cards on the subsidy collection point machines installed at MTR stations.
From January 1, 2025, people using AlipayHK EasyGo or the QR code on the MTR Mobile application with AlipayHK as a payment source can collect the public transport fare subsidies as well.
Commuters can activate automatic collection via the AlipayHK mobile application, which allows subsidies to be credited to the account balance on the 16th of each month.
