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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1980
SIX HONG KONG YOUTHS, SELECTED FROM 31 NOMINATIONS REPRESENTING 17 ORGANISATIONS, VISITED SOUTH GLAMORGAN FOR THREE WEEKS.
THE SIX FROM WALES, COMPRISING TWO TEACHERS, TWO STUDENTS, A CIVIL SERVANT AND A SECRETARY, WILL BE ACCOMMODATED AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
IS
THE PROGRAMME KNOWN AS 'COMMONWEALTH SPRINGBOARD' CO-ORDINATED BY THE COMMONWEALTH YOUTH EXCHANGE COUNCIL (CYEC) TO ESTABLISH CONTINUING, TWO-WAY EXCHANGE LINKS BETWEEN EDUCATION AUTHORITIES IN BRITAIN AND OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES.
IT ALSO ENABLES YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER
BY EXCHANGING IDEAS AND EXPERIENCES.
SIX REGIONS IN BRITAIN, WHICH WERE HOSTS UNDER THE PROGRAMME LAST YEAR, WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVES TO OTHER COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES THIS SUMMER IN THE SECOND STAGE OF THE PROGRAMME.
AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS
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THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ANOTHER AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON SATURDAY (JULY 26) AT 10 AM IN THE CITY HALL RECITAL HALL.
THE 30 SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS AVAILABLE FOR BIDDING ARE:
CD 3288
BD 3399
CE 832
CE 1698
CE 2883
CD 3228
CC 3333
7207
CC
31
CE 3360
CD 8836
CC 7667
1500
CE
11
BB 620
CD 9800
CD 8885
CF
8
BE
323
CF
688
CE 3337
CE 133
CE 280
BS
1
CF
661
CE 882
CE 283
XX 4473
CE 1689
AA
485
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS MUST PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED BIDDERS THAT THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER WOULD BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.
PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION, THE 55TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, WILL GO TO THE LOTTERIES FUND.
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