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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1979
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FURTHER ISSUE OF 300 TAXI LICENCES
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL BE INVITING TENDERS FOR A FURTHER BATCH OF 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES ON FRIDAY (SEPTEMBER 14).
THIS FOLLOWS THE RECENT MONTHLY MEETING OF THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT WHICH IT WAS DECIDED FOR THE TIME BEING THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO CHANGE IN THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ISSUING REGULAR BATCHES OF TAXI LICENCES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID THAT THE DECISION WAS REACHED AFTER THE COMMITTEE COMPLETED ITS REVIEW OF THE TAXI TRADE.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT TENDER FORMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM FRIDAY FROM EITHER THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE, NO. 2 MURRAY ROAD, OR FROM THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, DUNDAS STREET.
HE SAID THAT THE TENDER FORMS FOR THIS EXERCISE WILL BE LIGHT GREEN IN COLOUR AND ADVISED INTENDING TENDERERS NOT TO USE ANY OTHER TYPE OF FORMS ISSUED PREVIOUSLY OTHERWISE THE IR TENDERS WILL BE DECLARED VOID.
THE TENDER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A PREMIUM IN RESPECT OF ONE OR MORE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXIS.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT A TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ONE OR MORE LICENCES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 300. THE TENDERER MAY ALSO SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE TENDER FORM, BUT IF A SINGLE TENDER FORM IS SUBMITTED FOR MORE THAN ONE LICENCE THEN THE PREMIUM OFFERED FOR EACH LICENCE MUST BE THE SAME.
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HE ADDED 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.+
A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TENDERS IF THE UNIT PREMIA WHICH THEY OFFERED ARE IDENTICAL.
COMPLETED TENDER FORMS 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 SITUATED 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 SEPTEMBER 28, 1979.
LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WOULD BE ISSUED TAXI LICENCES AT THE RATE OF 100 PER MONTH STARTING FROM NOVEMBER WITH THE HIGHEST TENDERS RECEIVING PRIORITY.
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