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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1977
TENDERS FOR 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES ******
THREE HUNDRED HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES ARE BEING OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC BY SEALED TENDERS.
THE TENDER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A PREMIUM IN RESPECT OF ONE OR MORE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXIS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ONE OR MORE LICENCES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 300.
HE MAY ALSO SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE TENDER FORM, BUT IF A TENDER FOR MORE THAN ONE LICENCE IS SUBMITTED, ONLY ONE FIXED UNIT PREMIUM SHOULD BE OFFERED.
+ IF THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LICENCES IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER REQUIRED BY A TENDERER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID, +A SMALLER NUMBER OF LICENCES MAY BE ALLOCATED TO HIM AS APPROPRIATE.+
HE SAID THAT A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TENDERS IF THE UNIT PREMIA WHICH THEY OFFERED ARE IDENTICAL.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TENDER FORMS PLUS FULL PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED IN PERSON ONLY FROM 2 P.M. TOMORROW (FRIDAY) FROM THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK, OR FROM THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE, GROUND FLOOR, PUI CHING ROAD, HO MAN TIN.
COMPLETED TENDER FORMS IN DUPLICATE TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL TENDER DEPOSIT RECEIPTS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SEALED ENVELOPES, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX SITUATED IN THE ENTRANCE HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE NOON ON FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1977.
LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
FURTHER TAXI LICENCES ARE LIKELY TO BE ISSUED IN 1978 AFTER THE PROPOSED CONVERSION OF PUBLIC CARS WHICH WAS ANNOUNCED RECENTLY.
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