This photo shows the new cross-boundary bus serving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shenzhen’s Qianhai economic zone. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

As of 5 pm on Monday, over 9,500 private cars had been registered online in bids to gain access to the Northbound Travel for Hong Kong Vehicles program, the Transport and Logistics Bureau of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region said.

The online registration program kicked off at 10 am on Monday. Applicants can register for consideration via the program’s official website until 11:59 pm on Tuesday.

The results will be announced on Wednesday morning, and successful applicants will be able to submit their applications via the program’s website from Thursday to June 10

Some unsuccessful registrations were reported earlier in the day due to technical issues, but the problems were fixed at about 1:30 pm, the bureau said.

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The results will be announced on Wednesday morning, and successful applicants will be able to submit their applications via the program’s website from Thursday to June 10.

Once approved, applicants will get a Closed Road Permit, costing HK$540 ($69) per year or HK$45 per month, and will be allowed to use their eligible private cars to travel between Hong Kong and Guangdong province via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge effective July 1.

The program’s “ballot system” was introduced to limit the number of applications to be processed, with a cap of 200 applications per working day in the first week and 300 per day from the second week. The daily processing capacity will also be gradually increased if the system operates smoothly, the bureau said.

The balloting will be held twice a month on average. The next round of registrations will be from June 5-8, and the results will be announced on June 9.

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The applicant must be a registered owner of the affected vehicle, and he or she must submit identification documents and Hong Kong Vehicle Registration Documents to complete the application. Certificates of Roadworthiness for the vehicle are also needed for private cars that are 6 years old or older.

The applicants should also fulfill the insurance requirements of the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong, including purchasing the qualified Traffic Accident Liability Insurance for Motor Vehicles on the mainland for the private car registered in the program.

Also, each applicant can designate up to two drivers to drive the registered private car between Hong Kong and Guangdong. Drivers must submit their identification documents and driving licenses issued by the mainland and Hong Kong respectively.