"Scheme $6,000" - Registration through Banks

Registration through Banks

Eligible persons who have a local Hong Kong dollar savings or current account in their sole name may register through banks and receive payment through the specified bank account. Joint bank accounts will not be accepted for receiving payment under “Scheme $6,000”.

Registrants confirmed to have met the eligibility criteria will normally receive payment directly through the specified bank account in around 10 weeks after registration. Registrants who wish to make enquiry about their registrations after submission may call their banks specified for receiving payment.

Unsuccessful registrants will receive written notification. Registrants who have not received the payment or the written notification 10 weeks after registration may call their banks specified for receiving payment.

Obtaining registration forms

Registration forms may be downloaded from this website and the websites of 20 retail banks, or obtained from the following locations –

Local branches of 20 retail banks
	Retail bank	Enquiry number
1.	Bank of China (Hong Kong)	3988 2388
2.	Bank of Communications	2269 9000
3.	Bank of East Asia	2211 1828
4.	China Construction Bank (Asia)	2779 5533
5.	Chiyu Banking Corporation	2232 3625
6.	Chong Hing Bank	3768 6888
7.	Citibank	2860 0333
8.	China CITIC Bank International	2287 6660
9.	Dah Sing Bank	2828 8000
10.	DBS Bank (Hong Kong)	2290 8005
11.	Fubon Bank	2566 8181
12.	Hang Seng Bank	2822 0228
13.	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation	2233 3000
14.	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia)	2189 5588
15.	Nanyang Commercial Bank	2622 2633
16.	Public Bank (Hong Kong)	8107 0818
17.	Shanghai Commercial Bank	2818 0282
18.	Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)	2178 6102
19.	Wing Hang Bank	2815 9919
20.	Wing Lung Bank	2309 5555
Public Enquiry Service Centers of Home Affairs Department
District Social Welfare Offices of Social Welfare Department
Public Housing Estate Offices of the Housing Authority
Customer Service Centre of the Housing Authority

Filling in registration forms

Eligible persons only need to fill in the following five items on the registration form –

(a) name;
(b) HKPIC number;
(c) local contact telephone number;
(d) name of the bank specified for receiving payment; and
(e) number of the bank account for receiving payment,

and sign the form after reading the part on “Declaration and Undertaking of Registrant” printed on the form. Please make reference to the sample below.

Submitting registration forms

There is no need for eligible persons to submit the registration forms in person at bank counters. Completed registration forms may be submitted in the following ways –

(a)

through drop-boxes placed at any local branch (except for those located in the MTR stations) of the bank specified for receiving payment (the date on which the registration form is submitted to these drop-boxes will normally be taken as the date of registration);

(b)

mail the forms to G.P.O. Box No. 186000, Hong Kong General Post Office (please indicate the name of the bank specified for receiving payment on the envelope for easy processing)(the date of postmark stamped by the Hongkong Post or the relevant overseas postal authority (if applicable) will normally be taken as the date of registration); or

(c)

if the registrant chooses to receive payment through bank accounts of the following 14 banks and is a registered e-banking user of the bank concerned, submit the forms via e-banking (the transaction date recorded by the e-banking system of the relevant bank will normally be taken as the date of registration).

1.	Bank of China (Hong Kong)
2.	Bank of Communications
3.	Bank of East Asia
4.	Chiyu Banking Corporation
5.	China CITIC Bank International
6.	Dah Sing Bank
7.	Hang Seng Bank
8.	The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
9.	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia)
10.	Nanyang Commercial Bank
11.	Shanghai Commercial Bank
12.	Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong)
13.	Wing Hang Bank
14.	Wing Lung Bank