MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1985
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PAYMENT MUST BE IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WOULD BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO VEHICLES REGISTERED IN THE NAMES OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION, HE ADDED.
PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO TO THE LOTTERIES FUND.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED DURING THE PAST 99 AUCTIONS ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973 IS NEARLY $35 MILLION, WITH THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 3 FETCHING THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $1 030 000.
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ELDERLY NOT OVERLOOKED IN YEAR OF YOUTH
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IT IS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT IN THE INTERNATIONAL YOUTH YEAR CARE FOR THE ELDERLY HAD NOT BEEN OVERLOOKED, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR HONG KONG AND KOWLOON, MR BARRIE WIGGHAM, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE OPENING OF THE YAU MA TEI EYE-CAR ING CAMPAIGN FOR THE ELDERLY, MR WIGGHAM NOTED THAT THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT WOULD BENEFIT CONSIDERABLY FROM THE PROGRAMME.
THE CAMPAIGN IS JOINTLY ORGANISED BY THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD AND THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE HONG KONG OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL ELDERLY CENTRES.
+AS ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES IN THE FESTIVAL FOR THE ELDERLY, THE CAMPAIGN NOT ONLY PROMOTES A GENERAL SPIRIT OF RESPECTING THE AGED, BUT ALSO EDUCATES THEM ON THE IMPORTANCE AND METHODS OF EYE CARE, MR WIGGHAM SAID.
DURING THE TWO-WEEK CAMPAIGN, WHICH STARTS TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 2, THE ELDERLY IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE PROVIDED WITH FREE EYE TESTS AND FREE SPECTACLES WHEN NECESSARY. THEY WILL ALSO BE INTRODUCED TO OPHTHALMIC SERVICES CURRENTLY PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND CHARITABLE BODIES.
MR WIGGHAM COMMENDED THE TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS FOR THE IR CONTINUOUS EFFORTS IN PROMOTING CHARITABLE SERVICES IN HONG KONG AND THE YAU MA TEI DISTRICT BOARD FOR ATTACHING GREAT IMPORTANCE TO LOCAL SOCIAL SERVICES.
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