SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1980
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SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS FETCH $479 500
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THIRTY SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $479 500. THE MONEY WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE CITY HALL, RECITAL HALL, SAW REGISTRATION NUMBER CD 1 MADE THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $90 000.
ANOTHER NUMBER, CC 88, WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $82 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR CC 1961, CC 1772, CC 4200, CC 2208 AND CC 8149.
THE OTHER SPECIAL NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
AV 987 $4 000
CC 208 $3 000
CC 6682 $3 000
CC 450 $6 500
CC 1828 $10 000
CC 6638 $3 000
CC 1001 $15 000
CC 8868
$3 500
BZ 8888
$45 000
CC 3300
$26 000
CC 3168
$10 000
AJ 709
$3.000
CC 7387
$1 500
CC 3399
$52.000
CC 2800
$4.000
CC 21
$61 000
CC 8887
$5 000
CC 1118
$5.500
CC 3882
$3 500
CD 66
$20 000
CC 2268
$3 000
CC 8988 $8 500
AA 484
$6 500
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS HAD TO PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDINGS. THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED WITHIN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THEIR NAME.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 52ND ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, BRINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $12 360 832.
CHINESE STYLE PAVILION BEING BUILT IN TSUEN WAN *****
A TRADITIONAL CHINESE STYLE PAVILION WHICH COMMANDS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE SEA, MA WAN AND LANTAU ISLAND IS BEING BUILT AT SHAM TSENG TUNG TSUEN, TSUEN WAN FOR LOCAL VILLAGERS AND VISITORS TO THE AREA.
THE PAVILION, SITUATED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE VILLAGE NEAR THE TUEN MUN HIGHWAY, WILL BE DECORATED WITH GLAZED MOSAIC TILES AND FURNISHED WITH A CERAMIC TABLE AND FOUR CERAMIC CHAIRS.
WORK ON THE PROJECT STARTED LAST MONTH, WITH THE TSUEN WAN DISTRICT OFFICE PROVIDING THE BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE CONSTRUCTION AND TRAINING COUNCIL (CITC) THE LABOUR FORCE.