Registration mark of government vehicles

Submitted by TC Pun on Sat, 02/11/2023 - 16:39

It is always intriguing to me why 'AM' was reserved for government vehicles.  I can only find 2 suggestions in the following webpage

https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/2n32oe/til_why_government_vehicles_license_plates_start/

I think they are just hypotheses.  Anybody has any suggestion?