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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1980

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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 TOMORROW (FRIDAY).

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID TENDER FORMS WOULD BE AVAILABLE FROM TOMORROW AT THE HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE, MEZZANINE FLOOR, MURRAY ROAD MULTI-STOREY CAR PARK AND AT THE KOWLOON LICENSING OFFICE, NINTH FLOOR, PARK-IN COMMERCIAL CENTRE, DUNDAS STREET.

THE TENDER FORMS WILL BE COLOURED BLUE AND THE SPOKESMAN ADVISED INTENDING TENDERERS NOT TO USE ANY OTHER PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FORM, OTHERWISE THEIR TENDERS MAY BE DECLARED VOID.

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

+ 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, HE SAID.

A PUBLIC BALLOT MAY BE HELD TO DETERMINE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TENDERS IF THE UNIT PREMIA 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 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, OCTOBER 10, 1980.

LATE TENDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

SUCCESSFUL TENDERERS WILL BE ISSUED TAXI LICENCES AT THE RATE OF 100 PER MONTH STARTING FROM THE START OF DECEMBER WITH THE HIGHEST TENDERS RECEIVING PRIORITY.

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