Originally Posted by
sriirvine
Hello,
We are arriving at 6am in HKG and our connecting flight is at 8pm on the same day; both in J. We'd like to take a shower before heading into the city using the airport express, but the Arrivals lounge is now closed. It looks like we either take the shower at the free airport showers, or head to the one of the departure J lounges. Is leaving the arrivals area, going through immigration and heading back into departures trivial? Thanks.
There's a link in the last line of the wiki on this subject - basically it's possible, but difficult.
To access the departures hall you disembark, clear transit security and then come out in the departures hall (no need to go through immigration and then come back in).
But once you're in the departures hall you are considered a departing passenger.