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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1976
+HOWEVER, AS MANY OF THE DESIGNS IN THE ROCK CARVINGS RESEMBLE PATTERNS ON POTTERY AND METAL ARTEFACTS OF THE BRONZE AGE, IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY ARE CONTEMPORARY.
+ IT WOULD NOT THEREFORE BE UNREASONABLE TO ESTIMATE THAT THEY WERE PRODUCED AS EARLY AS THE FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.
+SINCE THEY ARE THE ONLY VISIBLE MONUMENTS OF HONG KONG'S PREHISTORIC PAST, THEY ARE OF VERY GREAT CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, HE ADDED,
AUCTION OF +SPECIAL+ CAR NUMBERS
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MOTORISTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF BUYING +SPECIAL+ NUMBERS FOR THEIR CARS AT THE WEEKEND WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPING LOCAL CHARITIES.
THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ANOTHER AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 11). THE AUCTION WILL START AT 10 A.M. IN THE LECTURE ROOM SOUTH OF THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK.
FIFTEEN NUMBERS WILL BE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. THEY ARE:
BH 1122
EL 1414
8028
AL 2
AT 3333
AT 3
BM 525
AN 200
BM 1
2613
AR 777
BJ 1122
AS 99
BM 8
1913
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS MUST PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSE OF BIDDING.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED BIDDERS THAT THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.
FUND.
PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES