Originally Posted by
Swissairasia
Thank you very much for your detailed answer; that was exactly what I needed to know! So after arriving by bus from Macao to HKIA, there is "only" a security control and then I am inside the normal Terminal. No immigration/border control or long queues. May sound arrogant

), but do I NEED to collect this airport tax return thing or can I just go through to be faster in the lounge?
I mean its a free ~120HKD or so, takes about 35 seconds.
Yep, you get off the bus, down the escalator, Airline check in desks then usual HK airport security and a quick 3 min train to the main terminal, never going thru HK immigration.