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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1978
FURTHER ISSUE OF 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES
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A FURTHER 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES ARE BEING OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC BY SEALED TENDERS. BUT ON THIS OCCASION THE TENDER DEPOSIT FOR EACH TAXI WILL BE INCREASED FROM $2,500 TO $25,000.
APART FROM THIS, THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES IN THE TENDER PROCEDURE. THE TENDER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A PREMIUM IN RESPECT OF ONE OR MORE URBAN TAXIS.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) 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 PREMIUM SHOULD BE OFFERED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID IF THE NUMBER OF AVAILABLE LICENCES IS LESS THAN THE NUMBER REQUIRED BY A TENDERER THEN A SMALLER NUMBER OF LICENCES MAY BE ALLOCATED TO HIM AS APPROPRIATE.+
HE SAID A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TENDERS IF THE UNIT PREMIA OFFERED ARE IDENTICAL.
TENDER FORMS PLUS FULL PARTICULARS MAY BE OBTAINED IN PERSON ONLY 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, NINTH FLOOR, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING, DUNDAS STREET, FROM FRIDAY (DECEMBER 15).
COMPLETED TENDER FORMS IN DUPLICATE, TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL DEPOSIT RECEIPTS, MUST BE SUBMITTED IN SEALED ENVELOPES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY, CENTRAL TENDER BOARD, AND PLACED IN THE SECRETARIAT TENDER BOX IN THE ENTRANCE HALL ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT, CENTRAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES (MAIN WING), LOWER ALBERT ROAD, HONG KONG, BEFORE 12 NOON ON DECEMBER 29, 1978.
LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WOULD BE ISSUED TAXI LICENCES AT THE RATE OF 100 PER MONTH STARTING FROM FEBRUARY WITH THE HIGHEST TENDERS RECEIVING PRIORITY.
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