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Old 2nd Oct 2004, 08:02
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Cars in Hong Kong

I've heard over and over that cars are very expensive items to own and operate in Hong Kong.
I know that public transport is cheap and efficient, but there must be some people on here that live in the NT and require cars.
From what I've seen from classifieds cars themselves don't seem that overpriced. You should be able to get a half decent used car for 60,000$ ???
I know petrol is around 12$/litre which is expensive compared to N America, but pretty close to the costs of UK, Europe.
So is it lic. registration, road taxes, tolls, insurance that make it really expensive.
I wouldn't imagine that you would put a terribly high amount of Kms on your car per year.
So can anyone elaborate an more on the costs of owning a car.
The reason I ask is that I'm considering Sai Kung as an option of a place to live.
Thanks in advance
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