Alan
I guess those low income folks that live in Hong Kong are probably
walking or riding bikes. That leaves those that are well off who can
afford the $1000 regisration fee and probably also newer cars. I'm
curious as to where the old cars go? Are they sold outside Hong Kong or
are they melted down and recycled. Are there any salvage yards in the area?
Alan S.
Blue One Hundred wrote:
>Don -
>
>Because, if a car is only worth $500, $1,000 or $2,000
>(i.e. like a '79 ford grenada for example), and it
>would cost say $500 a year to register it... people
>would give the cars away and get something newer...
>but classic car owners would always keep their cars.
>
>All you have to do is look at where I live. Here in
>Hong Kong (the capitalist mecca for the world) it
>costs typically about $1,000 per year to register your
>car - and the result is all you have on the the road
>are newer, clean cars (typically nothing more than 10
>years old) with the exception of classic cars... which
>are here in abundance. By the way, income tax rate
>here is 16% flat income tax... so you can't say the
>government is being greedy.
>
>Strange to see you are so dismissively anti - green...
>do you care about what sort of planet you leave your
>grandchildren?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alan
>
>'53 BN1 '64 BJ8
> , but it costs --- Don Anglesey <Don@Anglesey.us>
>wrote:
>
>
>>EAT, DRINK and be MERRY for tomorrow you may be in
>>California!!!! How
>>is tripling the registration rate going to get older
>>cars off the road
>>and reduce emissions? Older classic cars are not
>>the problem,
>>California's green team is. The faster that they
>>can get back to the
>>horse and buggy the better.
>>Don 57 BN4
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