Applications selected for 11th Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks Exercise

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     The Transport Department today (February 26) announced that the application numbers of the 1,500 Personalised Vehicle Registration Marks (PVRM) applications selected by lot for the 11th exercise had been published on its website (www.td.gov.hk) and posted on the notice boards of the department's Licensing Offices.

     "The applicants have 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 be notified of the ballot results by post," a department spokesman 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 at the Hong Kong Licensing Office. If an applicant fails to pay the deposit within the period specified in the notice, their application will be cancelled automatically and 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 11th exercise will be put up for auction in batches starting from the third quarter of 2010. Auction details will be published in newspapers and on the department's website in due course.

     For enquiries, applicants can call the Transport Department Hotline at 2804 2600.

Ends/Friday, February 26, 2010
Issued at HKT 18:23

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