5 Aug 2025獨媒#7137
Transport Department Repossesses “US8964” Licence Plate, Says Vehicle Has Left Hong Kong
2021年起連續三年6月4日，在街頭行走、掛上車牌「US8964」的保時捷跑車，三年皆被警方截查。車主連番被不名人士滋擾，今年5月底亦將車輛運離香港，準備移民，「US8964」車牌原獲另一人接手。不過車牌新擁有人昨日接獲運輸署通知，指由於車輛於5月31日離港，根據《道路交通（車輛登記及領牌）規例》，該車輛登記最遲於6月15日已被取消，其車牌亦同時被收回，而車輛轉讓及保留車牌的申請，是於6月19日提出，故應屬無效。
招先生與「US8964」車牌新擁有人，是於6月18日到運輸署牌照事務處提出申請，但獲告知其個人檔案遭警務處「Lock 住」，需獲許可才能進行手續。他們翌日再到牌照事務處理，包括車輛過戶通知書（TD25）及轉移或保留車輛登記號碼申請書（TD129），耗時三小時獲告知完成手續。
由於涉行政原因，他們及後於7月30日再提出申請，將車輛轉回予招先生。招先生向《獨媒》表示，其申請被運輸署拒絕。
For three consecutive years from 2021, on June 4, a Porsche displaying the licence plate “US8964” was stopped and searched by police while being driven on the streets. The vehicle owner was repeatedly harassed by unidentified persons and took the vehicle out of Hong Kong in late May this year in preparation for emigrating. Another person was originally due to take over the “US8964” plate. However, the new plate holder was notified by the Transport Department yesterday that, as the vehicle had left Hong Kong on May 31, its registration had been cancelled no later than June 15 under the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, and the licence plate had been repossessed at the same time. As the application to transfer the vehicle and retain the plate was submitted on June 19, it should therefore be invalid.
Anthony Chiu and the new holder of the “US8964” plate went to the Transport Department’s Licensing Offices on June 18 to submit an application, but were told that their personal file had been “locked” by the Police and that permission was required before the procedures could proceed. They returned to the Licensing Offices the following day to process the documents, including the Notice of Transfer of Vehicle Ownership (TD25) and the Application for Transfer or Retention of Vehicle Registration Mark (TD129). After three hours, they were told that the procedures had been completed.
For administrative reasons, they submitted another application on July 30 to transfer the vehicle back to Anthony Chiu. Anthony Chiu told The Witness that the Transport Department had rejected the application.
12 Nov 2024集誌社#4225
“Sensitive” lampposts | 16 streetlights bearing 89/64 combinations, at least 11 “switched off”
《集誌社》上周四（7日）報道元朗馬田路附近的 「8964 路燈」消失，但地理資訊地圖未更新；根據當日政府開放數據平台上的「街燈位置資料」，全港還有另外 8 支編號有「8964」的路燈、以及 7 支編號有「6489」的路燈，遍布港、九、新界、離島各區。一日後（8日），在數據平台和「地理資訊地圖」上，突然完全搜查不到「8964」和「6489」路燈，原有位置的路燈全為「重新編號」。
為確認「8964」和「6489」路燈是否已全部消失，除大嶼山延慶寺「6489」路燈外，記者日前走訪各區、觀察其餘路燈現況，發現 15 支路燈中，最少有 4 支在 11 月10 日仍未被重新編號，其餘 11 支 「64」路燈則全部消失、被「翻新」為其他編號。
為何政府會在「翻新」路燈前「偷步」在網上刪除舊編號？此舉會否為使用路燈定位的公眾，在召喚救護者或求助時帶來危險？大批「64」路燈突被消失原因為何？路政署今晚（12日）回覆沒直接回應查詢，重申翻新／美化燈柱時會考慮重新編號。
The Collective reported last Thursday (the 7th) that the “8964 streetlights” near Tin Tin Road in Yuen Long had disappeared, although the geospatial information map had not been updated. According to the “Streetlight Location Data” on the government’s open data platform that day, Hong Kong still had eight other streetlights whose numbers contained “8964” and seven whose numbers contained “6489”, spread across Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, the New Territories and the outlying islands. One day later (the 8th), “8964” and “6489” streetlights could no longer be found on either the data platform or the “Geospatial Information Map”; all streetlights at the original locations had been renumbered.
To determine whether all the “8964” and “6489” streetlights had disappeared, reporters recently visited various districts and inspected the remaining streetlights, excluding the “6489” streetlight at Yin Hing Monastery on Lantau Island. They found that, of the 15 streetlights, at least four had still not been renumbered as of November 10, while the other 11 “64” streetlights had all disappeared and been “renovated” into other numbers.
Why did the government delete the old numbers online in advance of “renovating” the streetlights? Could this pose a danger to members of the public using streetlight locations when calling an ambulance or seeking help? What was the reason for the sudden disappearance of the large number of “64” streetlights? The Highways Department did not directly answer the queries in its reply tonight (the 12th), reiterating that renumbering may be considered when streetlight poles are renovated or beautified.
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