Card readers will be updated to allow for HK$2 tweaks

[RTHK] - 03/1/2025

Users will be able to check the remaining number of discounted trips using an Octopus card reader when changes to the HK$2 elderly transport subsidy take effect, the labour and welfare chief Chris Sun said on Saturday. The government announced in the latest Financial Budget that there would be a (…)



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