Vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong

Hong Kong leads as a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China and a former British colony, as well as Macao 's license plate because of its special position.

General system

They are based in size and appearance to the number plates of the former colonial power Britain. Is located at the front of the vehicle, a white flag, at the stern a yellow. The font color is always black. The inscription consists usually of one or two letters and five digits, the letters may be absent. Due to the small area of Hong Kong is a regional coding is unnecessary, so that the indicator continuously (AA, AB, AC, etc. ) are output. The letters I, O and Q are not used because of likelihood of confusion. In February 2012, the RG series has been reached. The combinations of BA and BF were once skipped and could be bought later. Other combinations of letters are reserved for special uses. Thus, the combinations FU and FV be used for signs, which received Chinese vehicles, residing in Hong Kong. Vehicles of administration in the letters AM (English administration) on the plate.

Plate Auctions

Low numbers and special, easy to be impressed digit combinations such as 11111 or palindromes ( 13331 ) will be output continuously, but auctioned by the administration.

Since 2006, in Hong Kong, is also is possible to obtain a license plates, in which the combination with the exception of I, O and Q can be chosen freely. To obtain nevertheless inscriptions such as I LOVE U, I and O are replaced by the very similar looking digits 1 and 0. License plates are auctioned by the government at a minimum price of 500 HKD (approx. 50 euros ). The mentioned combination 1 L0VE U was sold for 1.4 million HKD (approx. 140,000 euros ).

Additional Features

Trade plates have red lettering on a white background. They show the letter T followed a maximum five -digit number combination.

The hallmark of police chiefs shows the first head of government of the Special Administrative Region (Chief Executive) leads instead of a license plate the emblem of Hong Kong to his vehicle. By 1997, the car of the Governor of Hong Kong showed the British crown Edwards.

Indicator to cross the border to China

Vehicles from Hong Kong, which enter and leave China obtained as an additional indicator a number plate of Guangdong province. This black-and- white signs begin粤Z as coding for Hong Kong and Macao and end on港for Hong Kong or Macau on澳. See also License Plate ( China).

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