The Transport Department announced today that, in addition to Octopus, AlipayHK will be incorporated into the Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme from January 1, 2025, allowing citizens an extra electronic payment option under the scheme.

When members of the public travelling on major public transport services pay for single journey fares with AlipayHK EasyGo or take MTR services by using the QR code on the “MTR Mobile” application with AlipayHK as the payment source, the relevant fares will be eligible for the calculation of public transport fare subsidies.

However, AlipayHK EasyGo cannot be used for purchasing designated transport tickets such as monthly passes or day passes at the moment.

Single journey fares for public transport services paid with AlipayHK will be automatically recorded in the relevant AlipayHK account.

The Government will provide a subsidy 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 AlipayHK account. This subsidy calculation method is the same as that for Octopus users.

From the 16th of each month, AlipayHK users can collect the subsidy of the previous month via the AlipayHK mobile application. The period for collecting the subsidy is three months.

Upon the incorporation of AlipayHK into the scheme, there will be no change to the existing arrangements for recording, calculating and collecting subsidies via Octopus.

The department pointed out that the public transport expenses recorded separately under the AlipayHK account and Octopus cannot be combined for the calculation of public transport fare subsidies.