Authorities will address comfort and hygiene concerns over a new law requiring passengers to wear seat belts on buses, transport chief Mable Chan has said. Bus passengers wearing seatbelts, on January 28, 2026. The new regulation came into effect on Sunday, requiring passengers on buses to wear seat belts. The report itself states that none of the overseas jurisdictions reviewed by the committee have statutory requirements for the provision of seat belts on passenger seats. Lawmaker Lam Wai-kong, speaking to NowTV, said that buses could switch to lap belts instead of cross-body seat belts, and questioned whether the three-month jail penalty was necessary.