SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1993
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"BUT YOU WILL ALSO BE PLAYING A PART IN PRESERVING HONG KONG'S VALUES AND RAISING THE CIVILISED QUALITY OF ITS LIFE," SHE ADDED.
SHE NOTED THAT HONG KONG HAD BEEN MAKING DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.
RECORDS IN THE
YEAR
WHEN THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY STARTED 30 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE ONLY AROUND
EACH 1,000 YOUNG PEOPLE STARTING AT UNIVERSITY ABOUT TWO PER CENT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE POPULATION.
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NOW THERE ARE 12,500 FIRST YEAR PLACES FOR 15 PER CENT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF HONG KONG AND SOON THERE WILL BE ANOTHER 2,000 PLACES.
OF
SHE BELIEVED THAT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HAD BEEN A CENTRAL PART THIS IMPRESSIVE RECORD AS THEY HAD NOTCHED UP MANY PROVIDED A LADDER UP WHICH THOUSANDS OF YOUNG HONG CLIMB.
SUCCESSES AND KONGERS COULD
LUCKY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS SALE BY AUCTION
FIFTY VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS WERE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $1,726,000 WHICH WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY EXPENSES INCURRED IN THE CONDUCT THEREOF.
PURPOSES
AFTER
DEDUCTION
OF
CIVIC
WAN THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE LECTURE HALL OF THE SHEUNG CENTRE, SAW THE REGISTRATION MARK DL888 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $420,000.
ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK 3188 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $210,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 EACH FK524.
FK3129,
FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S AUCTION:
$
FK9968 8,000 FK218
23,000
FH833
35,000
FK663
47,000
FL127 4,000
CL211
14,000
FJ3318
8,000
*FJ6886 14,000
*3188
210,000
*FP9
80,000
AU3332 *FK1
25,000
200,000
AV8001 18,000
FK1622
6,000
AS165
12,000
FK630
6,000
FK109 10,000
AB748
14,000
FK911
42,000
AH3222
21,000
FL3332 28,000 FJ1128 12,000 *FK11 50,000 FJ1618 6,000 FL203 16,000
FK338
46,000
FJ9969 2,000
FL1386
19,000
FJ9663
2,000
FX2202 14,000
FK365
10,000
* EE17
64,000
*DL888
420,000
*FN777
40,000
FK2282
9,000
FK6863
12,000
BW962
8,000
FL135
8,000
FJ7239
2,000
FK1132
8,000
XX3375 26,000
FK3129
1,000
ICHAI
42,000
FK524
1,000
AF1963 FL702
8,000
FK7770
10,000
HK5857
30,000 FS500
24,000
10,000
FK5386 WITHDRAWN
* SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK (NOT TRANSFERABLE}
/SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS