Appendice 10

Number of Hong Kong Identity Cards Issued

  2007-2008 * 2008-2009 2009-2010
Permanent Identity Card 521 971
395 964
(-24.1%)

384 699
(-2.8%)

Non-permanent
Identity Card
158 809
164 098
(+3.3%)

168 925
(+2.9%)

Total 680 780
560 062
(-17.7%)

553 624
(-1.1%)


* Including 75 532 identity cards issued under the territory-wide identity card replacement exercise. [All Smart Identity Card Centres were closed with effect from May 19, 2007.]
   

 

Figures in brackets denote percentage changes over the preceding year.