In Hong Kong, a driving license in Hong Kong carries the same number as the holder's ID card, but has no photograph.
Some foreign territories require Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport holders to present their HKID as well in order to benefit from a visa exemption scheme: these territories include Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and Taiwan.
Immigrants coming directly from the Mainland on or before 23 October 1980 were required to register for a Hong Kong Identity Card in a 3-day grace-period (24-26 of October 1980).
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In response the Hong Kong Government adopted the Touch Base Policy in November 1974, which allowed immigrants from Mainland China who reached the urban areas and met their relatives to register for a Hong Kong Identity Card.
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