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AUCTION OF SPECIAL NUMBERS REALISE $255,500

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FIFTEEN SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $255,500 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT LECTURE ROOM SOUTH OF THE CITY

HALL HIGH BLOCK, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 8118 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $40,000.

ANOTHER NUMBER HK 999 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $31,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $5,000 FOR AA 6789.

THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES :-

AC 7000

BD 111 BD 18

AC 78

AL 8

$ 6,000 $ 6,000 $20,000 $10,000 $25,000

AA 95

$ 6,500

BD 6666

$18,000

HK 32

$17,000

1828

$15,000

BL

1

$26,000

AA 5000

$11,000

HK 3388

$19,000

THE NUMBERS 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 30TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY, 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $4,962,032.

HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY REPORT NOW ON SALE *******

A PUBLICATION ENTITLED +THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY 1973/74 AND THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES+ PREPARED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS NOW ON SALE.

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES IN DETAILS THE METHODS ADOPTED FOR CONDUCTING THE 1973/74 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES (A) AND (B).

A TOTAL OF 140 TABLES ANALYSING THE EXPENDITURE PATTERNS. INCOME AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS OF 2,864 SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS ARE APPENDED TO THE REPORT.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY THAT EVEN THOUGH THE HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED BETWEEN JULY 1973 AND JUNE 1974, A CONSIDERABLE PERIOD OF TIME WAS REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE THE WORK INVOLVED IN DATA ANALYSIS AND COMPILATION BEFORE THIS REPORT COULD BECOME READY FOR PUBLICATION.

THIS REPORT IS NOW OBTAINABLE FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, STAR FERRY CONCOURSE, HONG KONG AT HK$16.00 A COPY.

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