+
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1993
LUCKY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS SALE BY AUCTION
*
* *
FIFTY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS WERE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $2,558,000 WHICH WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY AFTER DEDUCTION OF EXPENSES INCURRED.
THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION MARK FS 1 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $790,000.
ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK FS 7 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $220,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $2,000 FOR FL 1956.
FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S AUCTION:
$
FL 993 16,000 FL1008 22,000
$
FL6628
FL 880
*FT 121
AZ 387
51,000 55,000 20,000 18,000
FL3628 FL 117
*DL3333 110,000
*1859
7,000 FL 911 22,000 AL2922 50,000 *FS1
40,000
20,000
790,000
FL8886
22,000
FL2388
15,000 FL 623
20,000
FL2238
14,000
HK2881
52,000
FL 348
31,000
FR9998
20,000
FK8812
3,000
FL 986
13,000
HK 115
152,000
FL9890
8,000
FL2312
30,000
FL 221
17,000
FL8328
12,000
CC9388
54,000
*FP 22
95,000 *FR 87
70,000
*FK 13
60,000 *FS 7
220,000
FL3386
12,000 AA8001
56,000
FL 865
6,000 AD 748
24,000
FL1128
20,000
FL $11
26,000
FL 328
80,000
FL1011
8,000
AH6618
32,000
FL 520
10,000
DD 400
54,000
FL7068
4,000
22,000 FL 521
8,000
BB 359 24,000
FT 606
38,000
2,000 FL1795
3,000
CJ 916 FL1956
*SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK (NOT TRANSFERABLE)
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.
ONLY
THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED TO CARS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.
TODAY'S SALE, THE 206TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR то $223,494,905.
0
TEMPORARY POST OFFICE FOR CONGRESS DELEGATES
A TEMPORARY POST OFFICE WILL BE SET UP FROM NOVEMBER 22 TO 26 ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, TO SERVE DELEGATES ATTENDING THE 48TH JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS.
IT WILL OPEN FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM.
/THE POSTMASTER