The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic early this year has led to cancellations of workshops and seminars for the Continuing Professional Development Scheme for Tourist Guides (CPD Scheme) from February to June 2020, making some tourist guides fail to meet all the requirements of the CPD Scheme in time and unable to renew their Tourist Guide Passes (TGPs). The TIC has decided to extend the validity of the TGP and the two-year period for renewal of the TGP in order to assist those affected tourist guides. Details are as follows:

1. To extend the validity of those TGPs and those two-year periods for renewal of TGPs which have expired or are due to expire during the period from 1st January to 30th November 2020 so that the TGPs and the periods concerned will not expire until 31st December 2020;
    
2. The counting of the validity period of the TGPs concerned remains the same, i.e., the new Pass will be valid for three years, counting from the day following the day on which the old Pass expires.