SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1982
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SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS SOLD BY AUCTION
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THIRTY-FIVE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $558 000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION HELD AT QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, COMMITTEE ROOM, WAN CHAI, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 118 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $200 000,
ANOTHER NUMBER HK 101 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $70 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR CT 831, CS 9383, CT 7730, CS 6686, CT 172, CT 316, CT 732.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
CT 1698 $ 7 000
CV
323 $ 6.000
AA 5 $50 000
CT
738
2 000
CT
118 18 000
AC 222
50 000
2
CV 747
3 000
CT
331
3 000
AE
838
22 000
CT
229
2 000
CU 88
30 000
CT 213
5 000
CF 23
17 000
CT 908
3.000
CT 833
6 000
CT 1113
3.000
CT 3218
7.000
CT 312
3 000
8836
35 000
CT 8968
3 000
CT 812 6 000
NUMBERS CS 7463, CT 7896, CT 6869, CS 7896, CS 1822, WERE WITHDRAWN FROM SALE.
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 75TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $25 132 532.
PLB PROHIBITED ZONE IN TSUEN WAN
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ALL PUBLIC LIGHT BUSES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ACCESS ROAD LEADING FROM CASTLE PEAK ROAD TO MEI WAN STREET IN TSUEN WAN FROM 10 AM ON MONDAY (MAY 31), THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED TODAY (SATURDAY).