SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1978
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AUCTION OF SPECIAL+ NUMBERS REALISES $375,000
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A TOTAL OF 16 SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR $375,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMEER BB8888 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF 20,000.
ANOTHER NUMBER AH999 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE CF $42,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $4,000 FOR BG525.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
HK83
$40,000
911
H
$31,000
BM68
$28,000
8686
$26,000
1338
$21,000
BT99
$20,000
AB6688
$16,000
EM777
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$16,000
BR69
$13,000
753
$12,000
AA1221
$12,000
BT123
$9,000
XX14
$5,000
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 37TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $7,838,000.
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