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MONDAY, MAY 19, 1975
LOTTERY TICKETS NOW ON SALE.
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TICKETS OF THIS YEAR'S FIRST GOVERNMENT LOTTERY HAVE GONE ON SALE AS FROM TODAY (MONDAY).
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AS IN LAST YEAR, THERE WILL BE 10 LOTTERIES THIS YEAR. EXCEPT FOR THE FIRST, WHICH WILL LAST THREE WEEKS FROM TODAY, THE OTHERS WILL BE HELD AT FORTNIGHTLY INTERVALS.
SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, SAID THE PRIZE SCHEME WILL BE THE SAME AS LAST YEAR'S AS THE COMMITTEE THOUG!IT THAT EVERYONE WOULD STAND A DETTER CHANCE OF VINNING HANDSOME CASH PRIZES UNDER THE SCHEME.
THIS MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 159 PRIZES IN EVERY LOTTERY ONE EACH FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD, 50 FOR THE SPECIAL AND 106 FOR THE CONSOLATION PRIZES.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE PRIZES WILL TAKE UP 60 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS WITH THE REST GOING TO THE LOTTERIES FUND TO BE USED FOR THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY WELFARE PROJECTS.
THE FIRST PRIZE WILL BE WORTH 40 PER CENT OF THE PROCEEDS, THE SECOND PRIZE FOUR PER CENT AND THE THIRD 0.4 PER CENT.
EACH CONSOLATION PRIZE WILL BE WORTH 0.1 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL PROCEEDS, THE SAME AMOUNT AS A SPECIAL PRIZE.
FIVE ARTISTES FROM RADIO HONG KONG WILL TAKE PART IN THE FIRST DRAW TO BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL THEATRE AT 10. A.M. ON JUNE 7. THEY ARE MR. LEUNG MING, MISS FUNG SHUI CHUN, MR. TSANG KONG, MISS KIMMY GOT AND MR. WU KWUN MAANG. THEY WILL ALSO HELP SELLING THE TWO-DOLLAR TICKETS BETWEEN 5 AND 6 P.M. ON JUNE 2.
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