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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1978

AUCTION OF CAR NUMBERS REALISES $545,000

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TWENTY-TWO SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $545,000 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION, HELD IN THE LECTURE HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER 8787 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $80,000.

ANOTHER NUMBER HK333 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $70,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR BV 418, BV 519, BV 1508 AND BU 9793.

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

208

$38,000

BV 128

$ 7,000

6886

$27,000

BV

138

AA 80

$40,000

BV

168

$40,000

$21,000

BB 222

$31,000

BV 218

$ 9,000

BU 8888

$46,000

BV 180

$ 8,000

BU

1

$55,000

BV 238

$ 8,000

AV 15

$18,000

BV 328

$15,000

BU 8228

$25,000

BV 6368

$ 3,000

THE NUMBERS AUCTIONED 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 38TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $7,925,632.

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