SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1993
LUCKY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS SALE BY AUCTION
FIFTY VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS WERE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $1,624,000 WHICH WILL GO ΤΟ THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES AFTER DEDUCTION OF EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE CONDUCT THEREOF.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE LECTURE HALL OF SHEUNG WAN CIVIC CENTRE, SAW THE REGISTRATION MARK FN888 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $200,000.
ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK CC800 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $180,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR FF9115.
FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S AUCTION:
$
FF2628 17,000
FG861
*FM909
4,000 60,000 *FJ3838
FG318 FF9888
25,000
70,000
FF8887 FF280
30,000 FG106
6,000
38,
000 *CC8000
30,000 FF8300 180,000 *2881
10,000
150,000
DT691
WITHDRAWN
AC9997
13,000
FF9298
9,000 FG760
11,000
FG866
19,000
FF238
50,000 FG911
60,000
BM1957
6,000
FF6838 15,000
FG112
9,000
AU2836
25,000
FF6208
3,000
CH590
2,000
HK3303 120,000 FG9886
11,000 FG776
4,000
*FM77
90,000
*FK6
150,000 *FN888
200,000 *FP41
22,000
FF729
9,000
AA1955
60,000 FG819
19,000
FG2311
2,000
FF106
17,000
FG189
FF1728 3,000 CA1958 FG4022 WITHDRAWN CT7730 FG149 3,000 FF9115
16,000 DC7772 4,000 *FN9292 3,000 FF4877 1,000
5, 000
FF7707
4,000
20,000
FF6543
3,000
4,000 *FM7 17
10,000
* SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK (NOT TRANSFERABLE)
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY BY CHEQUE
AFTER THE BIDDING.
IMMEDIATELY
THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS 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 199TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR ΤΟ 208,820,905.
THERE WERE NO BIDDER FOR DT691 AND FG4022. THESE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO THE ORIGINAL APPLICANTS.
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