Originally Posted by
christep
Just to be clear - at security or at immigration? HK residents have had separate immigration lines for a very long time.
The resident line for security has been there for a while (say over a year), but it does not bring benefit for security. It only brings slightly shorter lines for the preliminary check of matching BP and passport before entering the security check area.
What is new is the creation of a courtesy line (which only mentions pax with special needs).