Editing Octopus card (section)

==== Outside Hong Kong ====
In collaboration with [[China UnionPay]], Octopus Cards Limited introduced Octopus card usage to two [[Fairwood (restaurant)|Fairwood restaurants]] in Shenzhen in August 2006.<ref name="Shenzhen">{{cite web|url=http://www.octopus.com.hk/release/detail/en/20060814.jsp|title=Octopus Joins Forces with Fairwood and China UnionPay to Introduce Octopus to Shenzhen|date=14 August 2006|publisher=Octopus Holdings Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042526/http://www.octopus.com.hk/release/detail/en/20060814.jsp|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref> In 2008, five [[Café de Coral]] locations in Shenzhen also started accepting Octopus.<ref name="Shenzhen 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.octopus.com.hk/release/detail/en/20080131.jsp|title=Octopus joins forces with China UnionPay and Café de Coral to Expand Octopus Payment Service in Shenzhen|date=31 January 2008|publisher=Octopus Holdings Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207084053/http://octopus.com.hk/release/detail/en/20080131.jsp|archive-date=7 February 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=3 February 2008}}</ref> Value cannot be reloaded to Octopus cards in Shenzhen, but the Automatic Add Value Service is available to automatically deduct money value from a customer's credit card to reload an Octopus card. The two Fairwood restaurants in Shenzhen that were enabled for Octopus card payments are located at [[Luohu Commercial City]] and [[Shenzhen railway station]].<ref name="Shenzhen" /> Shenzhen became the first city outside Hong Kong in which Octopus cards may be accepted as payment.

In Macau, the Octopus card was introduced in December 2006 when two [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] restaurants in the territory adopted its usage as payment. Similar to its usage in Shenzhen, an Octopus card may not be reloaded in Macau, and the currency exchange rate between the [[Macanese pataca]] and the Hong Kong dollar when using an Octopus card is MOP1:HKD1.<ref name="Macau">{{cite web|url=http://www.octopus.com.hk/release/detail/en/20061210.jsp|title=Octopus Extends to Macau with First Acceptance of Octopus Payments at KFC|date=10 December 2006|publisher=Octopus Holdings Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042540/http://www.octopus.com.hk/release/detail/en/20061210.jsp|archive-date=28 September 2007|url-status=dead|access-date=1 May 2007}}</ref> The two Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Macau that adopted the Octopus card for payment are located at the [[List of roads in Macau|Rua do Campo]] and the [[Sands Macau|Sands Casino]].<ref name="Macau" />

[[Shenzhen Tong]] cards are now widely used in Shenzhen instead, and a combined Shenzhen Tong – Hong Kong Octopus card is available, called the Hu Tong Xing, with [[Renminbi|RMB]] & [[Hong Kong dollar|HKD]] in different purses.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120910225205/http://www.szcpost.com/2010/03/shenzhen-tong-card-and-hong-kong-octopus-card-to-reach-interoperability.html Shenzhen Tong Card and Hong Kong Octopus Card to Reach Interoperability – Shenzhen Post<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The [[Macau Pass]] is now widely used in Macau.