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CAF 1,
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2-, 1200
ThE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ANOTHER AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON SATURDAY (JULY 27) AT 10 AM IN THE CITY HALL RECITAL HALL.
THIRTY-EIGHT SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR BIDDING. THEY ARE:
DF 1368
DE9902 DD22
AU8555 CT281
XX1608
HK1608 DF822
DF 1668
DF1622
DE6186
DE3338 AU33
AW8555
DF 1689
DF 1500
DC99
BD8555
HK3388
AB7
DE4928
AX8555 CR18
BB8555
DF 2888
DD9
DF 281
DE8188
DF865
BM3096
AL8555
AT872
AP7700
AA2828
DE9668
AL173
BB731
CW33
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID PAYMENT MUST BE MADE I. CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
HE ALSO REMINDED BIDDERS THAT THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION HOULD BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.
PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION WILL AS USUAL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND.
THE COMING AUCTION WILL BE THE 98TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973.
22 PROTECTED BIRDS RELEASED *****
THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) RELEASED 22 BIRDS OF THE PROTECTED SPECIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THESE BIRDS INCLUDED 11 SPOTTED DOVES, NINE NIGHT HERONS,
ONE WARBLER AND AN OWL.
MOST OF THE BIRDS WERE SEIZED DURING ROUTINE OPERATIONS BY THE POLICE AND HAWKER CONTROL OFFICERS EARLIER THIS MONTH WHILE THE OWL WAS INTERCEPTED BY CUSTOMS OFFICERS AT THE BORDER RECENTLY.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT REMINDED THE PUBLIC THAT ALL WILD BIRDS IN HONG KONG WERE PROTECTED UNDER THE WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE.
+IT IS ILLEGAL TO HUNT, TRAP, POSSESS OR SELL PROTECTED BIRDS AND ANIMALS. VIOLATIONS MAY LEAD TO A MAXIMUM FINE OF $5 000, + HE WARNED,
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