SATURDAY JANUARY 28, 1984
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SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS SALE
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THIRTY-TWO SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $320 600 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.
THE AUCTION HELD AT RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, 8TH FLOOR, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER AA22 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $50 000.
ANOTHER NUMBER 2218 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $45 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR DB 2168, DB 310, DB 1698, 136, DA 7328, DB 729, AL 1948, DB 621, BC 8964 AND
3 DB 6608.
THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES 1
DB 662 $2 200
DA 6663
$ 1 500
DB 6228
$ 2 000
DB 6338
$1 100
DB 2628
$ 1 600
DB 112
$ 3 500
CY 777
$31 000
BX
19
$19 000
DB 829
$ 2 500
DB 1283
$2 300
BU 888
$30 000
CP 3388
$20 000
BB
14
$3 500
DB 288
$ 5 000
DB 8168
$1 900
CH
18
$31 000
1997
$35 000
DB 1638 $1 500
CY 7878
$16 000 DB 638 $ 5 000
THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 89TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $29 770 332.
LOCAL FISHERMEN CATER FOR HALF OF HK'S CONSUMPTION
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FISHERMEN OPERATING NEARLY 5 000 FISHING VESSELS PRODUCE $1.5-BILLION WORTH OF FISH A YEAR, THE SECRETARY FOR DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION, MR DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).
THEIR PRODUCTION ACCOUNTS FOR HALF OF HONG KONG'S DAILY FISH CONSUMPTION OF 560 TONS, HE POINTED OUT.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION DINNER OF THE JOINT ASSOCIATION OF HONG KONG FISHERMEN, HE NOTED THAT THE FISHING COMMUNITY PLAYED A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE COMMUNITY'S DAILY LIVES AND ECONOMY.
/+THE ESTABLISHMENT