Press Release 19 June 2021
Take It Easy –
Collect Consumption Vouchers with Octopus Cards
to Receive HK$118 Octopus Top-up Value and
over HK$3,000 Worth of Merchant Offers
Octopus Commits over HK$100 Million to Stimulate Spending in the City
(Hong Kong, 19 June 2021) Octopus Cards Limited (OCL) fully supports the Government in implementing the Consumption Voucher Scheme (CVS) and will launch a series of exciting rewards alongside fabulous offers to stimulate consumer spending to help revive the Hong Kong economy. Eligible residents who choose Octopus cards to collect their consumption vouchers can receive up to HK$118 Octopus top-up value and a further HK$3,000 plus worth of merchant offers.
OCL makes it easy to register for the consumption vouchers with just one simple step. The consumption vouchers can be collected in the same way as the public transport fare subsidy. In addition, customers can enjoy a host of exciting shopping privileges.
4 Rewards Combo when using Octopus Card to collect consumption vouchers
Easy Reward No.1
Early Bird Registration Offer
The first 2 million customers using Octopus Card to complete registration at the Government’s CVS website, and with the Card added to the Octopus App, can earn HK$18 Octopus Top-up Value!
Easy Reward No.2
Monthly Spending Rewards
Any customer who makes retail payments of HK$200 or above up to a total of HK$1,000 within a month with the registered Octopus Card can receive HK$50 Octopus top-up value. Each customer will be entitled to receive up to HK$100 Octopus Top-up value during the entire promotional period between August and September! The offer is on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to a quota of 1 million.
Easy Reward No.3
Merchant eCoupons
There are over 100,000 Octopus acceptance points in the market, ranging from electrical appliances to online shopping to Chinese, Western and hotel restaurants to fashion to jewellery to sporting goods and home appliances! Use your CVS-registered Octopus Card to get a fabulous array of merchant offers in the Octopus App worth more than HK$3,000! Check out the list of new merchants and merchants who will be accepting Octopus payment soon in Annex 1.
Easy Reward No.4
Shopping Mall Offers
OCL has partnered with MTR Malls and Sun Hung Kai Properties (SHKP) to offer exclusive dinning and shopping privileges at their 30 plus shopping malls. Customers get a head-start at the 12 MTR Malls to enjoy up to 17% discount on dining and shopping exclusively for Octopus Card from early July. From August onwards, OCL will partner with 22 malls under SHKP to offer spending rebate eCoupons worth over HK$3 million.
Additional Octopus rewards (details at Annex 2) with more dining and shopping offers on their way! To capture them all, the Octopus App and website now have new CVS-dedicated page to enable customers to review their cumulative total spending and spending records for easy reference! For details, please visit www.octopus.com.hk/cvs, Facebook page, and Instagram page or contact the Customer Service Hotline at 2969 5500.
To promote CVS, OCL has launched a citywide online and offline advertising campaign, “Take It Easy”, featuring renowned singer-songwriter Eman Lam and music group MIRROR member Ian Chan. With a lively theme song, the duo showcases Hongkongers enjoying life to the full with Octopus Card. Spending consumption vouchers with Octopus Card is just so easy!
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