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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2021-01-29 13:35

Last update date: 2021-01-29 14:43

The Hong Kong government plans to introduce a real-name registration system for mobile phone SIM cards.

The government suddenly announced today (29th) at 12 noon that the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Yau Tenghua, Deputy Secretary for Security Au Chi Kwong and Director of Communications Leung Chung Yin met with the media at 2:30 pm and talked about the phone smart card (ie mobile phone SIM card). ) Details of public consultation on the real-name registration system.

"Hong Kong 01" will be broadcast live.

The Hong Kong government plans to introduce real-name registration of mobile phone SIM cards.

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The government announced that the press conference will be held at the government headquarters at 2:30 this afternoon.

There are eight recommendations in the consultation paper, including:

Suggestion 1: The

phone smart card must provide Chinese and English names; ID document number and copy; date of birth for registration.

Passengers can register with travel documents.

Recommendation 2:

Each user (including company/enterprise users) can only register no more than 3 stored-value cards with each licensee

Recommendation 3:

For young people under the age of 16 to register for a service plan or stored-value card, they must be confirmed by a "suitable adult", including guardians, parents, etc.

Recommendation 4: The

licensee should check the information provided by the user. If there is a reasonable reason to believe that the information is weak or misleading, the relevant phone smart card registration can be cancelled.

Recommendation 5

: Personal data of phone smart card users must be kept by the licensee who provides related smart card services until at least 12 months after the phone smart card is cancelled.

Recommendation 6: The

real-name registration system is implemented in two stages.

Recommendation 7:

Licensees of smart card services do not need to re-register for their existing service plan customers, but must ensure that the real-name registration requirements are met when a new contract starts or an existing contract is renewed.

Recommendation 8: The

law enforcement agency may require the licensee to provide the registration information of the phone smart card user when there is a court warrant or under certain urgent or urgent reasons without a warrant.

According to the information provided by the Office of the Government Communications Authority, as of the end of 2019, Hong Kong's telecommunications target population record was 7.21 million, and the number of households was 2.14 million.

As of March 31, 2020, the number of users of public mobile services in Hong Kong reached 23.21 million. Based on population, the penetration rate reached 275%, which means that each citizen has two to three mobile phone numbers.

Based on online information and media reports, Mainland China implemented a real-name system for mobile phone services as early as a few years ago. In mid-2017, network operators were required to "100%" ensure that users must be real-named. Face recognition can only go through the Internet procedures.

At the end of 2017, the Macau government conducted a public consultation for two years and implemented the real-name system

. Macau, which is separated from Hong Kong by the sea, also introduced a similar system at the end of 2019.

Under the "Cyber ​​Security Law" in Macau, telecommunications operators must have all valid SIM card user identity information, that is, citizens must register with their real identity information to obtain telecommunications services (including mobile phone Internet access and call services). , The relevant regulations apply to prepaid cards.

The service of a SIM card account that does not provide identity information after the expiry of the government-designated period will be terminated.

As for passengers who purchase mobile phone cross-domain services in other places, they will not be affected when using them in Macau. 　

Checking the information on the website of the Macau Special Administrative Region Government, the Macau authorities held a press conference on December 11, 2017, and announced that a 45-day public consultation on the formulation of the Cybersecurity Law will be conducted until January 24, 2018, and in 2018 The summary report will be published on September 6.

That is, about two years after the proposal by the Macau government, the relevant policies were officially implemented.

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