SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1979
AUCTION OF SPECIAL NUMBERS REALISES $274,000
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TWENTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $274,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES,
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER BU 888 FETCHING THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $56,000.
ANOTHER NUMBER 8338 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $50,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR BY 1088, BY 1588, BY 6848, BX 9495, BY 3996.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
BY 348
$1,100
BY 3288
$5,500
BY 2888
$3,500
BY 728
$3,000
BY 7890
$1,800
BY 7878
$20,000
BY 1118
$3,300
BY 639
$6,000
BY 450
$3,100
BY 2388
$3,700
AD 8
$37,000 BM 22
$23,000
BY 1828
$4,000
AK 100
$16,000
BY 2500
$1,400
6848
$9,500
BY 2882
$6,100 HK 786
$15,000
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 44TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT
DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY, 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO MORE THAN 9.7 MILLION.
TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE KOWLOON-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD FROM ITS JUNCTION WITH THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING TO KADOOR IE BEACH TO ABOUT 150 METRES SOUTHWARD (WHICH HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE FEBRUARY 19) WILL BE FURTHER CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC UNTIL FRIDAY (MAY 25) FOR ROAD AND DRAINS CONSTRUCTION WORKS.
DURING THIS PERIOD, THE NEW TERRITORIES-BOUND CARRIAGEWAY OF THIS SECTION OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD WILL BE OPENED TO TRAFFIC FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS ALTERNATIVELY.
TRAFFIC WILL BE REGULATED BY SIGNALS AND APPROPRIATE SIGNS WILL BE SET UP TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.
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