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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1975

'LUCKY' CAR NUMBERS FETCH $143,500

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TWENTY SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $143,500 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

TODAY'S AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL LECTURE ROOM, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER BB28 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $16,500.

BH3 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $15,000, AND THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,500 FOR THE NUMBER BE5225.

THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES: BHG FOR $13,000- BB99 FOR $11,000- BD888 FOR $9,000- BE333 FOR $8,500- BB3366 AND AF555 FOR $8,000 EACH- BH999 AND BC7 FOR $6,500 EACH A6300 AND BH3333 FOR $6,000 EACH= BD2222 FOR $5,000- HK656, BH666 AND 2202 FOR $4,500 EACH AB5678 AND BD77 FOR $3,500 EACH AND 1170 FOR $2,500.

SPECIAL NUMBERS SOLD AT AN AUCTION 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 22ND IN A SERIES ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $3.64 MILLION,

NEW MARKET FOR MONGKOK RESIDENTS

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RESIDENTS IN MONGKOK WILL HAVE A NEW MARKET BY FEBRUARY NEXT YEAR.

THE TWO STOREY MARKET, TO BE BUILT AT THE JUNCTION OF ARGYLE STREET AND CANTON ROAD, WILL REPLACE THE EXISTING MARKET WHICH IS ALREADY 47 YEARS OLD.

IT WILL OCCUPY AN AREA OF OVER 13,300 SQUARE FEET AND IN ADDITION TO MARKET FACILITIES WILL HAVE A PLAY AREA AND FIVE STAFF QUARTERS ON THE ROOF.

WORK ON THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN MID-APRIL THIS YEAR.

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