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TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1991

WERE CAR IDENTITIES STOLEN CARS; THE OF

MR NORMAN SAID THE THREE MAIN AREAS OF VEHICLE CRIME RINGING IN WHICH LOST CARS WERE RESOLD WITH COMPLETELY NEW

BY OFF AND SUBSTITUTED OR WRECKED CARS WRITTEN EXPORTATION OF VEHICLES FROM HONG KONG; AND THE SMUGGLING TO CHINA WHOLE OR DISMANTLED HIGH VALUE CARS.

PASSED ΤΟ COVER

THE DOCUMENTS OF CARS WRITTEN OFF WERE BEING IDENTICAL CARS WHICH WERE BEING STOLEN AND COVERED BY THE OTHER DOCUMENTS AND LICENCE PLATES.

SAID.

H

CARS'

MR NORMAN CAR'S TRUE HAVE CHANGED

'ALMOST ALL THESE CARS ARE LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD,

BEFORE

CHECKS THE ANYONE IT MAY BE FIVE YEARS

COULD BY THEN IT

IDENTITY AGAINST ITS CHASSIS NUMBER.

HANDS SEVERAL TIMES.

"THIS HAPPENS FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A DAY,

STOLEN.

EXPENSIVE,

"I

"IT IS THE BULK OF ORDINARY CLASS VEHICLES HIGH VALUE CARS ACCOUNT FOR ONLY 10 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL.

SAID

HONG KONG, MR NORMAN, ON THE EXPORTATION OF CARS FROM

A BILL OF LADING MERE POSSESSION OF A VEHICLE WAS ENOUGH TO SHIP IT. WAS SUFFICIENT PROOF OF OWNERSHIP.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TO PROVE IT'S

YOUR CAR AND

THESE

ARE HIGH

VALUE CARS."

REPRESENTATIVES

OF

INSURERS WILL THE NEW AGREEMENT WITH THE

LOG BOOK AND REQUIRE THAT WHEN A WRECKED VEHICLE IS WRITTEN OFF THE

GIVEN ΤΟ PURCHASERS BUT INSTEAD REGISTRATION DOCUMENTS WILL NOT BE SENT TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT.

WILL BB ISSUED WHICH WILL A REFRAINING ORDER TRADING ON A WRECKED CAR'S IDENTIFICATION.

PREVENT ANY

THAT VEHICLE'S NUMBER OR BEEN REPAIRED AND THAT IT

ON A PHOTOGRAPH,

"THIS WILL MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T USE LOG BOOK UNTIL IT HAS BEEN SEEN TO HAVE SUFFERED THE SAME DAMAGE AS SHOWN ON A REPORT AND MR NORMAN SAID.

**

MEASURES

ARE

ALSO

AFOOT ΤΟ

MAKE THE

OF EXPORT LOOPHOLES IN BILLS

OF

VEHICLES LADING

DECLARABLE THROUGH CUSTOMS AND EXCISE. ARE ALSO UNDER DISCUSSION.

THE ILLEGAL USE OF THEIR DOCUMENTS,

"THESE MOVES WILL HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON VEHICLE

MR NORMAN SAID. ARE BEING WRITTEN OFF EVERY DAY IN HONG KONG."

THEFTS AND

זי

"DOZENS OF CARS

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