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Taking my European Car
Posted by Frank_HK10 (29 days ago)
Hi,
I am moving to HK next year. Has anybody got experience driving with foreign license plates?
Would like to drive in HK with my dutch licence plates for one year... Thanks.
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Posted by evildeeds (29 days ago)
First issue is that you would need to pay tax on the value of the vehicle to bring it into HK and it would need to be HK registered. The second problem you have is that you cannot register a LHD car for use.
Posted by Craig Shergold (29 days ago)
And be informed that HK is extremely car-unfriendly.
Posted by cara (29 days ago)
you cannot drive with your "dutch" licence plates... they have no value here whatsoever. you MUST licence with HK...
to me, your proposal doesn't seem worth it, especially if you've never been to hk. it isn't an easy place to drive, and if you don't know where you're going, it's even more difficult.
Posted by axptguy38 (28 days ago)
"And be informed that HK is extremely car-unfriendly."
Yes and no. It really depends where you live and drive to. If you live, say, in Midlevels and work in Central, there is no point in having a car. When you need wheels, public transport and taxis are easier and cheaper. The more urbanized parts of The Island and Kowloon are not typically car friendly, at least not for daily driving.
If, however, you live in NT somewhere and commute to, say, Kowloon Bay, it is a whole other proposition.
We didn't have a car for over a year. Now we do, but only use it on weekends for excursions.
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