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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1975
391,000 TICKETS SOLD FOR LAST GOVERNMENT LOTTERY
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A TOTAL OF 391,000 TICKETS FOR THE LAST GOVERNMENT LOTTERY WAS SOLD UP TO 9 P.M. TODAY (FRIDAY) WHEN SALES CLOSED. THE TOTAL PROCEEDS REACHED $782,000.
THE FIRST PRIZE IS WORTH $312,800, THE SECOND PRIZE $31,280 AND THE THIRD PRIZE $3,128.
EACH OF THE 50 SPECIAL PRIZES FETCHES $782 AND EACH OF THE 212 CONSOLATION PRIZES $391.
THE DRAW WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE STUDIOS OF COMMERCIAL TELEVISION LTD. ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 14).
THE FIRST PRIZE WILL BE DRAWN BY THREE FORMER CHAIRMEN AND THE SERVING CHAIRMAN OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE THEY ARE: MR. LEE QUO-WEI, MR. ALEX S.C. WU, AND MR. SHUM CHOI-SANG, ALL PAST CHAIRMEN AND MR. KAI-YIN CHAU, THE SERVING CHAIRMAN.
THE SECOND AND THE THIRD PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN BY FOUR CTV ARTISTES: MISS JOSEPHINE LEO FUNG-MING, MISS INGRID WU YAN-YAN, MR. PETER AU WAI-LAM AND MR. GEORGE LAM CHE-CHEONG.
BEFORE THE DRAW, THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, MR. PHILIP HADDON- CAVE, WILL DELIVER A SPEECH WHICH WILL ALSO BE BROADCAST.
NOTE TO EDITORS (NEWSPAPERS, RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS):
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO COVER THIS FINAL DRAW OF THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERY.
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