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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1976

+HOWEVER, AS MANY OF THE DESIGNS IN THE ROCK CARVINGS RESEMBLE PATTERNS ON POTTERY AND METAL ARTEFACTS OF THE BRONZE AGE, IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY ARE CONTEMPORARY.

+ IT WOULD NOT THEREFORE BE UNREASONABLE TO ESTIMATE THAT THEY WERE PRODUCED AS EARLY AS THE FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.

+SINCE THEY ARE THE ONLY VISIBLE MONUMENTS OF HONG KONG'S PREHISTORIC PAST, THEY ARE OF VERY GREAT CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, HE ADDED,

AUCTION OF +SPECIAL+ CAR NUMBERS

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MOTORISTS WILL HAVE THE CHANCE OF BUYING +SPECIAL+ NUMBERS FOR THEIR CARS AT THE WEEKEND WHILE AT THE SAME TIME HELPING LOCAL CHARITIES.

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD ANOTHER AUCTION OF SPECIAL CAR REGISTRATION NUMBERS ON SATURDAY (DECEMBER 11). THE AUCTION WILL START AT 10 A.M. IN THE LECTURE ROOM SOUTH OF THE CITY HALL HIGH BLOCK.

FIFTEEN NUMBERS WILL BE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC. THEY ARE:

BH 1122

EL 1414

8028

AL 2

AT 3333

AT 3

BM 525

AN 200

BM 1

2613

AR 777

BJ 1122

AS 99

BM 8

1913

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS MUST PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CLOSE OF BIDDING.

A TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN REMINDED BIDDERS THAT THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER WILL BE ASSIGNED ONLY TO A VEHICLE REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDER WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE AUCTION.

FUND.

PROCEEDS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES