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Little girl gets 3-millionth HKSAR passport

The Director of Immigration, Mr Lai Tung Kwok, today (September 8) presented the 3-millionth Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) passport to tiny Wong Wing-chi at Immigration Headquarters.

Wing-chi, who turns three next month, was accompanied by her parents, Mr Wong Chun-chung and Ms Lam Sung, at the ceremony.

"We are so glad that our daughter is the 3-millionth HKSAR passport holder," the proud parents said. They also praised the Immigration Department for its efficiency and courteous service in processing their daughter's application.

Mr Lai said that the Government attached great importance to ensuring ease of travel for Hong Kong residents. He said this was essential to Hong Kong in maintaining its status as a world-class trading and financial centre, adding that Hong Kong residents loved to travel.

"The Immigration Department's goal is for the HKSAR passport to be acceptable worldwide."

He said the department was looking into the feasibility of integrating biometrics into the HKSAR passport to tie in with the global trend and maintain the leading position of the passport in terms of security.

Early this year, Japan granted visa-free access to HKSAR passport holders. This was an important milestone in the Government's efforts in lobbying visa-free access.

The availability of visa-free access to Mexico from September 18 will bring the total number of countries/territories agreeing to grant visa-free access to HKSAR passport holders to 132. The Government will continue its lobbying efforts in order to acquire visa-free facilities from more countries for HKSAR passport holders.