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Closure of the Smart Identity Card Centres

16 May 2007

All Smart Identity Card Centres will be closed with effect from May 19 (Saturday), an Immigration Department spokesman said today (May 16).

Starting from next Monday (May 21), people who made application at Smart Identity Card Centres but have not yet collected their new identity cards should collect their identity cards at a designated Registration of Persons Office as arranged below:

Original Choice of Smart Identity Card Centres for Card Collection (on or before May 18)	Designated Registration of Persons Office for Card Collection (with effect from May 21)	Office Hours
Hong Kong Smart Identity Card Centre Registration of Persons - Hong Kong Office 8/F, Immigration Tower, 7 Gloucester Road, Wan Chai (Wan Chai MTR Station- Exit A5) Tel: 2824 6111 Mon-Fri 8.45am-4.30pm Sat 9am-11.30am
West Kowloon Smart Identity Card Centre or Tsuen Wan Smart Identity Card Centre Registration of Persons - Kowloon Office 3/F, Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices, 303 Cheung Sha Wan Road (Sham Shui Po MTR Station- Exit C1) Tel: 2150 7933 Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm Sat 9am-12.30pm
East Kowloon Smart Identity Card Centre or Tseung Kwan O Smart Identity Card Centre Registration of Persons - Kwun Tong Office Shop Nos. 25-35 & 43-45, Ground Floor, Wharf T&T Square, 123 Hoi Bun Road, Kwun Tong (Ngau Tau Kok MTR Station- Exit B6) Tel: 2755 9545 Mon-Fri 9am-12.45pm & 2pm-4.30pm Sat 9am-12.30pm
Sha Tin Smart Identity Card Centre or Sheung Shui Smart Identity Card Centre Immigration and Registration of Persons - Fo Tan Office Shops 405 & 406, 4/F, Jubilee Court Shopping Centre, 2-18 Lok King Street, Fo Tan (Fo Tan KCR Station - Exit C) Tel: 2653 3116 Mon-Fri 9am-12.45pm & 2pm-4.30pm Sat 9am-12.30pm
Yuen Long Smart Identity Card Centre or Tuen Mun Smart Identity Card Centre Immigration and Registration of Persons - Yuen Long Office Shop B, G/F, Manhattan Plaza, 23 Sai Ching Street, Yuen Long (Tai Tong Road Light Rail Station) Tel: 2475 4114 Mon-Fri 9am-12.45pm & 2pm-4.30pm Sat 9am-12.30pm

All offices are closed on Sundays and public holidays

"People who missed their specified call-up periods and have not replaced their old identity cards should apply at any of the Registration of Persons Offices as soon as possible. Those born in 1989 or 1996 should apply for smart identity cards when they attain the age of 18 or 11 respectively," the spokesman said.

For holders of old identity cards who cannot have their identity cards replaced during the specified call-up periods of the Smart Identity Card Replacement Exercise due to their absence from Hong Kong, they should apply within 30 days of their return to Hong Kong. They can book an appointment by calling the hotline 2598 0888 or visiting the ESDlife website at www.esd.gov.hk. However, they don't have to rush back to Hong Kong just to replace their identity cards.

For further information, please visit www.smartid.gov.hk or call the Immigration Department hotline 2824 6111.