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Monday, February 11, 1974

TWENTY "LUCKY" CAR PLATES FOR SALE

The first auction of 'lucky" car numbers for 1974 will be held

at the City Hall on Saturday (February 16), and a feature will be the

auction of the registration number 8888.

This number, which at one time was on the official car used by the

formor Secretary for Chinese Affairs, is considered by many to be particularly

lucky. The Cantonese word for eight sounds very similar to the Cantonese

word "prosper."

Saturday's auction of 20 special registration numbors will bogin

at 10 a.m. in the theatre in the City Hall Low Block.

The following is the full list of numbers to be auctioned:

432

661

4000

6677

8888

HK 151

HK1001

KK3366

AA5555

AA7777

BB747

BB333

AR81

AB200

AF1122

AK22

AL 1

AL666

AS88

AS111

Proceeds of the auction will go to the Government Lotteries Fund

for charitable purposeT

Successful bidders at the auction will be required to pay by cash

or cheque immediately after the bidding.

The vehicle registration mark will be assigned only to a vehiclo

which is registered in the name of the successful bidder within 12 months

of the date of the auction.

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