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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1975
'LUCKY' CAR NUMBERS FETCH $26,137
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THIRTEEN SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $26,137 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER BG 2 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $5,300.
ANOTHER NUMBER AW 222 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $5,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $500 FOR AZ 909 AND BG 3456.
TWO NUMBERS, AZ 1166 AND AZ 1234, WERE WITHDRAWN FROM AUCTION AS THERE WAS NO BID OFFERED.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: BJ 12 AND BJ 77 FOR $2,600 EACH- AX 8008 FOR $2,500- BC 6666 FOR $1,700- AX 55 AND AW 1111 FOR $1,500 EACH- AZ 313 FOR $1,000- AX 737 FOR $737- AND BG 747 FOR $700.
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 26TH IN A SERIES ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO OVER $4 MILLION.
CROWN LAND SALE ****
"TWO LOTS OF CROWN LAND IN KWAI CHUNG, NEW TERRITORIES, WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY AUCTION ON SEPTEMBER 16.
THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD AT THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY CENTRE, TSUEN WAN AT 11 A.M.
THE FIRST LOT WITH AN AREA OF 39,350 SQ. FT. IS EARMARKED FOR THE BUILDING OF A HULTI-STOREY CARPARK. THE OTHER LOT WHICH MEASURES 18,700 SQ. FT. IS FOR NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.
PARTICULARS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS IN TAI PO ROAD OR FROM ANY OF THE SEVEN DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.