Applications selected for Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks Exercise

The Transport Department today (February 19) announced that the application numbers of the 1,500 Personalized Vehicle Registration Marks (PVRM) applications selected by lot for the fifth exercise had been published on the department's website (www.td.gov.hk) and posted on the notice boards of the department's Licensing Offices.  The list will also be published in the Hong Kong Economic Times and South China Morning Post tomorrow (February 20).

    A department spokesman said the applicants had already been sent an acknowledgement of receipt bearing an application number.  "They may check the list to see whether their applications have been selected.  Applicants who do not find their application numbers on the list should regard their applications as unsuccessful," he said.

    The department will later check the proposed PVRMs selected against the basic combination requirements and will inform the applicants of the results by registered letters.  If, among the selected applications, more than one applicant proposes the same PVRM, only the one on which the lot falls first of those applications will be further processed.

    If the selected PVRMs meet the basic requirements, the department will also send notices by registered mail to the applicants in batches, requiring them to pay a deposit of $5,000 at the Hong Kong Licensing Office.  If an applicant fails to pay the deposit within the period specified in the notice, his/her application will be cancelled automatically and will not be further processed.

    Upon receipt of the deposit, the Commissioner for Transport will determine if an application should be approved or rejected, with the assistance of a vetting committee.  PVRMs approved in the 5th exercise will be put up for auction in the second quarter of 2008.  Auction details will be published in newspapers and on the department's website in due course.

    For enquiries, applicants can call the department hotline at 2804 2600.

Ends/Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Issued at HKT 15:21

Attachment: PVRMs scheme applications selected by lot for the fifth exercise