CCIDA sponsors Cinema Day 2026
Sponsored by the Cultural and Creative Industries Development Agency (CCIDA) under the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau through the Film Development Fund (FDF), Cinema Day 2026 is set to take place on April 25 (Saturday), when all commercial cinemas across Hong Kong will offer tickets at $30 each.
Attending the press conference for Cinema Day 2026 today (April 15), the Commissioner for Cultural and Creative Industries, Miss Drew Lai, encouraged the public to go to cinemas to watch films and support Hong Kong's film industry. In her speech, Miss Lai said that the Government has been committed to fostering the development of the local film industry, and has supported various initiatives through the FDF to promote Hong Kong films and expand the audience, including Cinema Day. Cinema Day aims to cultivate the public's cinema-going culture, thereby supporting the long-term development of Hong Kong's film industry and to boost consumption in the neighbourhood at the same time.
CCIDA has been sponsoring the Hong Kong Theatres Association to organise Cinema Day for four consecutive years since 2023, consistently attractingover three timesmoreadmissionsthan usual each year. In the past three years, Cinema Day recorded over 600 000 admissions and box office revenue of more than $44 million in total. The initiative has been well received by the public and the film industry.
Tickets for Cinema Day 2026 will be available from noon on April 22 at the box offices, websites and mobile apps of cinemas. For details, please refer to the cinemas' latest announcements.
CCIDA sponsors Cinema Day 2026 Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases
Auction of vehicle registration marks to be held on May 2
The Transport Department (TD) today (April 15) announced that the auction of vehicle registration marks will be held on May 2 (Saturday) at Meeting Room S221, L2, Old Wing, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai.
"A total of 100 personalised vehicle registration marks (PVRMs) will be put up for public auction in the morning session, and 220 traditional vehicle registration marks (TVRMs) will be put up for auction in the afternoon session.The list of marks has been uploaded to the department's website, www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/vehicle_registration_mark/index.html," a department spokesman said.
For the auction of TVRMs, only registration marks starting with "HK" or "XX" and special vehicle registration marks are put up for physical auction. Applicants should attend the auction and take note of the opening price as announced by the auctioneer before participating in the bidding of the mark.
The reserve price of each PVRM is $5,000. Applicants who have paid a deposit of $5,000 should also attend the physical auction and participate in the bidding (including the first bid at the reserve price). Otherwise, the PVRM concerned may be sold to another bidder at the reserve price.
People who wish to participate in the bidding at the physical auction should take note of the following points:
(1) Bidders are required to produce the following documents for completion of registration and payment procedures immediately after the successful bidding:
(i) the identity document of the successful bidder;
(ii)the identity document of the purchaser if it is different from the successful bidder;
(iii)a copy of the Certificate of Incorporation if the purchaser is a body corporate; and
(iv)a crossed cheque payable to "The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" or "The Government of the HKSAR". Any bidder who wishes to bid for both TVRMs and PVRMs on the same day, should bring along at least two crossed cheques for payment of auction prices(for an auctioned mark paid for by cheque, the first three working days after the date of auction will be required for cheque clearance confirmation before processing of the application for mark assignment can be completed).Successful bidders may also pay through the Easy Pay System (EPS), but are reminded to note the maximum transfer amount on the same day of the payment card.Payment by post-dated cheque, cash, credit card or other methods will not be accepted.
(2) Purchasers must make payment of the purchase price through the EPS or by crossed cheque and complete the Memorandum of Sale of Vehicle Registration Mark or the Memorandum of Sale of PVRM immediately after the bidding.Subsequent alteration of the particulars in the Memorandum will not be permitted.
(3) A registration mark can only be assigned to a motor vehicle which is registered in the name of the purchaser.The Certificate of Incorporation must be produced immediately by the purchaser if a vehicle registration mark purchased is to be registered under the name of a body corporate.
(4) The display of a vehicle registration mark on a motor vehicle should be in compliance with the requirements stipulated in Schedule 4 to the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations.
(5) Any change to the arrangement of letters, numerals and blank spaces of a PVRM, i.e. single and two rows as auctioned, will not be allowed.
(6) Special vehicle registration marks are non-transferable.Where the ownership of a motor vehicle with a special vehicle registration mark is transferred, the allocation of the special vehicle registration mark shall be cancelled.
(7) The purchaser shall, within 12 months after the date of auction, apply to the Commissioner for Transport for the vehicle registration mark to be assigned to a motor vehicle registered in the name of the purchaser.If the purchaser fails to assign the registration mark within 12 months, allocation of the registration mark will be cancelled and arranged for reallocation by the Commissioner for Transport in accordance with the statutory provision without prior notice to the purchaser.
"Upon completion of the Memorandum of Sale of PVRM, the purchaser will be issued a receipt and a Certificate of Allocation of Personalised Registration Mark. The Certificate of Allocation will serve to prove the holdership of the PVRM. Potential buyers of vehicles bearing a PVRM should check the Certificate of Allocation with the sellers and pay attention to the details therein. For transfer of vehicle ownership, this certificate together with other required documents should be sent to the TD for processing," the spokesman added.
For other auction details, please refer to the Guidance Notes - Auction of TVRMs (www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/vehicle_registration_mark/tvrm_auction/index.html) and Guidance Notes - Auction of PVRMs (www.td.gov.hk/en/public_services/vehicle_registration_mark/pvrm_auction/index.html).
