The first-generation sales version of Octopus will send a "beep~beep" sound to remind you when you change the card and tap the card from October 20

Octopus announced that following the replacement of the leased version of Octopus, it will start the sales version of Octopus card replacement program from October 20 (Wednesday).

The first-generation sales version of Octopus began to circulate in 1999. Customers will hear a special "beep~beep" reminder when they tap their cards in the next 3 months. The holder needs to be replaced before February 19 next year. It will fail afterwards.

Octopus stated that the card replacement program does not involve Octopus cards that have successfully registered for consumer electronic vouchers.

Most of the Octopus cards on sale are Passenger Octopus or Special Edition Octopus.

Octopus stated that it will transfer services for the first-generation sales version of Octopus released in 1999 and later on the market starting from October 20th.

Users who hold the relevant Octopus should go to the MTR station or the "Octopus Service Station" in the mall and follow the on-screen instructions to transfer the Octopus card to any non-personal sales or rental version of Octopus. The card can still be transferred. Save the original Octopus as a souvenir.

After the card is replaced, the records of the public transportation subsidy program and the unreceived subsidies will be transferred to the new card.

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Most of the services or discounts in the original Octopus for sale, including balances, access control and automatic value-added services, will be transferred to the new card. Public transportation fee subsidies, monthly transportation passes, etc. will be automatically transferred, but hourly/monthly car rental services and Hong Kong The railway park-and-ride plan will not be transferred to the new card.

Octopus refers to the first-generation sales version of the Octopus card, and the expiration date is February 19, 2022.

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