SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1982
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AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS
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THIRTY-ONE SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $183 400 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES. FOUR OTHER REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE WITHDRAWN.
THE AUCTION HELD AT THE COMMITTEE ROOM OF QUEEN ELIZABETH STADIUM, WAN CHAI SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 993 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $48 000,
ANOTHER NUMBER AK88 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $22 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR AL6692, CV165, CV2688, CV1011, CV1981, CU7986, BL9328.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:
$
CV1687
1 100
CV1628
3 800
CV136 3 200
CV3228
5 000
CV233
3 500
CU6268 2 400
CV418
1 500
AA89
15 000
CV186
2 300
7086
1 300
BZ300
11 000
CU8332 1 500
CV268
3 000
AC6888
5 200
CW90
6 000
AA116
5 100
CV8328
4 000
CF8888 11 000
CV3666
2 100
CF 5
8 000
CU8838 7 500
CV2628
2 900
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
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 77TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $25 752 832.
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