The Certificate of Entitlement (COE) quota for August 2021 to October 2021 will be 13,984. Details of the quota for each COE category are in Annex A. Bidding under this quota will start on the first Monday in August 2021.

2.     The COE quota consists of the following components:

a.              Replacement COEs from vehicles deregistered in the three-month period of April 2021 to June 2021;

b.              Provision for 0.25% per annum growth for Category C based on the Category C vehicle population as at 31 December 2020; and

c.               Adjustments for changes in the taxi population, replacement of commercial vehicles under the Early Turnover Scheme, and expired COEs.

3.     All COEs accumulated from the bidding exercises that were suspended in April, May and June 2020 have been returned over July 2020 to July 2021.

4.     The next quota announcement for the bidding period of November 2021 to January 2022 will be made in October 2021.