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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1974.

HOME PROVIDES COMPANIONSHIP FOR AGED

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THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. IAN MACPHERSON, TODAY HIGHLY PRAISED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CHUNG SHAK- HEL (CHEUNG CHAUD HOME FOR THE AGED FOR THEIR EFFORT IN SETTING UP THIS INSTITUTION TO CATER FOR THE NEED OF OLD PEOPLE.

ADDRESSING THE SWEARING-IN CEREMONY OF THE 5TH TERM OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT THE CITY HALL RESTAURANT THIS AFTERNOON, HE NOTED THAT THE NEEDS OF THE ELDERLY WERE MANY AND, IN VIEW OF THE SO-CALLED +GENERATION GAP, NOT EASILY PROVIDED FOR.

IN ADDITION TO THE DAILY NECESSITIES OF LIFE, LIKE FOOD, LODGING AND MEDICAL CARE, HE SAID THE HOME ALSO PROVIDED ITS MEMBERS WITH COMPANIONSHIP WHICH IS BY FAR THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO PEOPLE OF ADVANCED YEARS.

SEEING THAT THE HOME HAD DOUBLED ITS CAPACITY BY PUTTING ON AN ADDITIONAL FLOOR DURING THE PAST YEAR, MR. MACPHERSON SAID THE ACHIEVEMENT OF AN EXPANSION PROGRAMME IN THE DAYS OF RISING BUILDING COSTS WAS NOT AN EASY TASK.

+THE FACT THAT THE JOB IS COMPLETED WITHIN 12 CALENDAR MONTHS MAKES THE WHOLE ENTERPRISE SO MUCH MORE IMPRESSIVE AND VALUABLE.

+IT IS TRUE THAT GOVERNMENT HAS PLAYED A PART IN THIS PROJECT BY MAKING $95,000.00 AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE GREATER PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST HAS BEEN BORNE BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CONTRIBUTING $210,000.00 WITHOUT WHICH THE PROJECT COULD NOT HAVE MATERIALISED, HE ADDED.

AUCTION, OF LUCKY CAR NUMBERS

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THE AUCTION OF 20 +LUCKY+ VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING NETTED A TOTAL OF $156,300 TO BE PAID INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR DISTRIBUTION TO CHARITY.

AT THE AUCTION HELD AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE, THE HIGHEST BID WENT TO THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 8000, WHICH

88666 ̧AND FETCHED $30,000. TWO OTHER NUMBERS, B8666 AND AS5, WERE SOLD AT $15,000 EACH.

THE AUCTION WAS PRESIDED BY THE COMMISSIONER FOR TRANSPORT, MR. BRIAN WILSON.

THE OTHER 17 REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:

8811 AT $6,500= XX678 AT $2,500= XX202 AT $1,900= AT818 AT $3,300= Audo AT $10,000= AU777 AT $8,400= AA17 AT 4,200= AA2112 AT $4,000= AA252ɔ AT $3,400= 5565 AT 6,200= 2228 AT $9,000= 30100 AT $3,400= 80555 AT $6,000= HK 1919 AT $5,500- A38 AT $13,000= AS111 AT $5,300- AND AS333 AT $11,000.

THE NUMBERS SOLD AT THE AUCTION WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.