Wednesday, 4 January 2012




  The Octopus Card 

The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless smart card used in an electronic payment system in Hong Kong. It is used in Transportation, Self-service, Retail Leisure facilities access control, parking and many more. You can even use it for access control in many commercial and residential buildings

What can Octopus use for:

Buses                         Apparel shops          car parks                      Swimming pools
Ferries                          Cake shops            On-street parking       Private club houses
Public light buses         Department stores          Photocopiers               Sport facilities
Taxis                               fast-food outlets              Vending machines     Theme parks
Coaches                         personal care stores        Self service kiosks     Hospitals
Peak Tram                    Supermarkets                     Cinemas                 Public services
Railways                       Wet markets                      Racecourses               schools
Tramways 


By operation with octopus cards limited it will improves the organisation efficiency level by providing a secure, efficient flexible and reliable means to collect revenue and shorten transaction time.

Another benefit of being partnership with octopus cards limited is it contributes to the organisation financial growth in terms of increases usage, reduces maintenance costs and improves revenue protection.




Till present dates the octopus card limited had successfully in spreading this innovative services around the world, countries such as: The Netherlands, United Arab Emirates- Dubai, New Zealand- Auckland and the United kingdom. However this technology were not used to full potential where it is only used in the transportation industry of the country .

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