The “Hong Kong Health Code” (Hong Kong Health Code), which opened for real-name registration in early December of the previous year, was notorious in the first week of its launch. Nearly half of the users failed to activate it smoothly. Some citizens who were eager to return to their hometowns even asked “Dongwang” for help. As of yesterday (8th), Hong Kong and the Mainland have started the first phase of quarantine-free customs clearance. The “Hong Kong Health Code” originally intended for Hong Kong people to pass through the customs has only existed in name only and has become tasteless. Dongwang is forwarding related issues to the Office of the Chief Information Technology Officer Inquire.
However, it is reported that the registration information of more than 800,000 people has been recorded so far and will be deleted following the “Gangkang Code” is deactivated. However, there is no option to delete user data from the official website. Safeguards and Preservation”, the travel and notification records uploaded from “Travel Safely” to the “Gangkang Code” system will be stored in the “Gangkang Code” system for 60 days, or designated by the Department of Health when necessary longer time. If the applicant has not logged in to his “Gangkang Code” account for 7 years, the relevant data will be deleted, except for the personal data transferred to the Mainland and Macau for transcoding and tracking purposes.
In the past three years of the COVID-19 epidemic, there have been many reports of customs clearance, but every time there was no further news due to the resurgence of the epidemic, the Hong Kong government launched the “Hong Kong Health Code” on December 10 of the previous year without a definite timetable for customs clearance. The name is to facilitate the conversion of “Yuekang Code” or “Aokang Code” when Hong Kong people go to the mainland or Macau. Although more than 550,000 people registered following the launch, only regarding 278,000 people activated their accounts. Some people tried to register many times but failed, but found that the requirements of the complaint system were also cumbersome, resulting in over ten thousand citizens being crippled by the “lost soul” system.
