Hong Kong immigration authorities handled a record 335 million people entering and leaving the city last year, and plan to test a new channel using facial recognition at one of the city’s checkpoints by June to reduce clearance time to five seconds.
Director of Immigration Benson Kwok Joon-fung said in an annual press conference on Friday that the city handled 12 per cent more passengers overall than in 2024.
“Last year’s record high immigration figures mean that our immigration clearance work…
