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Oct 18, 2017 | 12:12 am

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DragonSoul

Join Date: Oct 2017

Posts: 968

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Originally Posted by gpia

Here's an article with pics of the gates Visitors to Hong Kong can make quick getaway as airport opens facial recognition channels

"Passengers will need to have their picture taken every time they arrive in city" So this might slow down entering whilst speeding up leaving HK.

"The authority expected the measure to cut the average processing time from 50 seconds per person to 20 seconds."

20 seconds! I'd love to be able to get through the e-channels in 20 seconds.

I don't know what it is about my thumbs, but it takes several scans to get through. Last time to Macau it took 7 scans - 5 on one thumb (none worked) and 2 on the other.

And yes, I do get noticed when I'm stuck between barriers. ImmD officials start to approach and other passengers' alarm bells start ringing. Grrrr...

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