SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1981
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HE SAID TAI O HAD A POPULATION OF OVER 10 000. OF THE 463 PEOPLE RECEIVING GOVERNMENT OLD AGE ALLOWANCES, 216 LIVED ALONE.
A PREPARATORY COMMITTEE, WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM HING WAN KWU TONG, TAI O RURAL COMMITTEE, THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND ISLANDS DISTRICT OFFICE, WILL BE SET UP TO MONITOR PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.
THIS COMMITTEE WILL FORM THE BASIS OF A MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE TO OVERSEE RUNNING OF THE HOME AFTER IT IS COMPLETED.
SPECIAL CAR NOS. SALE BY AUCTION
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THIRTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $675 300 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTER IES FUND FOR CHARITY.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 61ST ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $17 688 132.
AUCTION HELD AT CITY HALL SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 398 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $100 000,
ANOTHER NUMBER CL3 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $80 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 EACH FOR CH8801, CH8082, CH8798, CJ2173, CH3839, CJ2022 AND CJ4428.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES.
*
HK1949
1 800
CH3233
4 000
CH6686 3 500
729
46 000
AX 1
65 000
CJ 125 9 100
CK1000
9 000
HK
14
27 000
CC 23
20 000
CC 606
27 000
CC 38
32 000
CJ 328
27 000
CJ 380 15 000
CJ1168 2 300
CJ 162 12 000
CH2683
2 600
CK 888
36 000
CJ1812
3 500
CH9288
2 000
CJ 128 30 000
CL
10
33 000
CJ 399 10 500
BC3231 2 000
CK 666 15 000
CK 5 22 000
CL 2
58 000
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.
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