Applications selected for Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks Exercise

     The Transport Department announced today (June 17) that the application numbers of the 1,500 Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks (PVRM) applications selected by lot for the ninth exercise have been published on the department's website (www.td.gov.hk) and posted on the notice boards of the department's Licensing Offices.

     A Transport 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 will also be notified of the ballot results by post," he said.

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

     If the selected PVRMs meet the basic requirements, the department will send notices by registered mail to the applicants in batches requiring them to pay a deposit of $5,000.  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 ninth exercise will be put up for auction in batches starting from the fourth quarter of 2009.  Auction details will be published in newspapers and on the department's website in due course.

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

Ends/Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Issued at HKT 17:01