A woman taps her Octopus card on a public transport fare subsidy collecting machine to collect the consumption voucher at Tsuen Wan MTR station, on April 16, 2023. (ANDY CHONG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG – Around 6.5 million Hong Kong residents, including 220,000 new eligible registrants, will get e-vouchers under the 2023 Consumption Voucher Scheme on Sunday as part of government efforts to boost summer spending.  

Existing eligible persons who are permanent residents and new arrivals will get their second installment of e-vouchers worth HK$2,000 ($226) while those who came here through different admission programs or to study will get HK$1,000, a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government spokesman said Thursday.  

Among new eligible registrants, permanent residents or those newly arrived will get HK$3,000 on Sunday and a second instalment of HK$2,000 on Oct 16

Among new eligible registrants, permanent residents or those newly arrived will get HK$3,000 on Sunday and a second instalment of HK$2,000 on Oct 16. Those who are studying or came here under different admission programs will get HK$1,500 on Sunday and HK$1,000 on Oct 16.

The spokesman said members of the public may enquire about their eligibility result and the amount they will get through hotline 18 5000.

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Registrants who did not meet the eligibility criteria and do not agree with the result may apply for a review in writing within 14 days after receiving the SMS message informing them that they are not eligible.

The spokesman said that the CVS Secretariat earlier selected a small portion of registrants for eligibility checking and asked them to provide the required documents.

If their vouchers are not disbursed on Sunday because their eligibility is still being verified, the secretariat or its contractor will complete the verification as soon as possible after receiving all the required documents and issue the e-vouchers if they qualify.

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The second handout is expected to inject HK$13 billion into the market, consolidating Hong Kong’s economic recovery, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po said earlier.