But then again, could be hit & miss! My brother just got back from Bali; no problems getting in on the APEC card & avoiding the USD$25 short-term Visa charge - but they managed to sting him SGD$50 for carrying an extra 2 bottles of booze - negotiated down from SGD$300. He asked for a receipt to which the Customs Officer replied "can't find the receipt book at the moment"!! Straight into the sky rocket is my guess

I sent off my application last week; maybe too optimistic to expect it will come through for my HKG trip 1st week of July - as well as my Bali trip w/end 15th July. The HKG Immigration lines are what I'm looking forward to avoiding!

Cheers, gb.