The Transport Department today reminded the public that the temporary special measures concerning the Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme will expire on October 31.

It explained that to allow more commuters to benefit from the scheme during the COVID-19 epidemic, the Government had implemented special measures to temporarily relax the monthly public transport expenses threshold from $400 to $200 and increase the monthly subsidy cap from $400 to $500 under the scheme since May of last year.

Such temporary special measures will expire at the end of this month.

Starting November 1, the Government will provide a subsidy to commuters amounting to one-third of the actual monthly public transport expenses in excess of $400, subject to a maximum of $400 per month for each Octopus card.

Commuters can click here or call 2969 5500 to check their record of public transport expenses and subsidy amount.