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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1979

TENDER FOR 300 TAXI LICENCES

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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (WEDNESDAY) THAT TENDER FORMS FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF 300 HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXI LICENCES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION FROM MARCH 9.

THE TENDER FORMS CAN BE COLLECTED FROM EITHER THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE AT NO. 2 MURRAY ROAD, OR FROM THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFF ICE IN PARK-IN COMMERCIAL BUILDING, DUNDAS STREET.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT URGED TENDERERS NOT TO USE OUT-OF-DATE TENDER FORMS. ONLY TENDER FORMS CLEARLY MARKED 'MARCH TENDER' SHOULD BE SUBMITTED OTHERWISE THE TENDER WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.✦

HE ALSO ADVISED TENDERERS TO REMEMBER TO SIGN THE TENDER FORM, INCLUDE THE ORIGINAL OF THE TENDER DEPOSIT RECEIPT, AND IF THEY MAKE ANY AMENDMENTS IN THE TENDER FORM TO INITIAL THE AMENDMENTS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE TENDER WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A PREMIUM IN RESPECT OF ONE OR MORE HONG KONG AND KOWLOON TAXIS. A TENDERER MAY SUBMIT ONE TENDER FORM FOR ONE OR MORE LICENCES BUT NOT EXCEEDING 300,

A TENDERER 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.

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 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 MARCH 23.

LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT AS IN PREVIOUS TAXI TENDERS, THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT BIND ITSELF TO ACCEPT THE HIGHEST OR ANY TENDER, AND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ACCEPT ALL OR ANY PART OF ANY TENDER.

HE SAID THAT TAXI LICENCES MAY BE ISSUED ON A DIFFERENT BASIS AFTER THIS TENDER.

THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT THE RECENT PACKAGE OF PROPOSALS ON TAXIS, INCLUDING THE ISSUE OF MORE TAXI LICENCES, IS BEING REVIEWED AND THERE MAY BE CHANGES.

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