The Transport Department (TD) said today (March 7) that the TD will further increase the quota for online appointments for renewals of a full driving licence/vehicle licence and applications for an international driving permit to 4 000 per day from March 9 to the end of March, and the opening period for appointments will continue to be 10 weeks, in order to facilitate the booking of appointments by members of the public requiring the services.
The TD's licensing and related services will maintain the arrangements announced on February 28. The service hours of the Licensing Offices at Admiralty, Cheung Sha Wan, Kwun Tong and Sha Tin are from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday. The Licensing Offices will continue to suspend walk-in counter services, but will process licensing applications submitted by applicants with scheduled appointments, via drop-in boxes placed at each Licensing Office, by post or online (except for the direct issue of a full Hong Kong driving licence).
Members of the public entering the Licensing Offices have to undergo on-the-spot body temperature checks arranged by the TD. Any member of the public whose body temperature is higher than 37.5 degrees Celsius or who refuses to undergo a body temperature check will be denied entry into the Licensing Offices. The Licensing Offices will also request members of the public entering to wear masks and clean their hands with alcohol-based sanitiser before entering.
If there are any new arrangements for the online appointment quota, the TD will upload relevant information to its website (www.td.gov.hk). To reduce gatherings of people and social contacts for infection control purposes, the TD again appeals to members of the public to consider submitting applications for licences/permits on later dates unless their licences are about to expire. For enquiries, members of the public can contact the Licensing Offices at the following numbers:
| Hong Kong Licensing Office | 2804 2636 |
| Kowloon Licensing Office | 2150 7728 |
| Kwun Tong Licensing Office | 2775 6835 |
| Sha Tin Licensing Office | 2606 1468 |
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