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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1980

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SPECIAL CAR NOS FETCH $415 100

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THIRTY SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD BY AUCTION THIS MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $415 100 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 CD1 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $90 000.

ANOTHER NUMBER CD88 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $50 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR CC5224, CC564,

CC9616.

AND

THE OTHER REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING

PRICES:

CC988

$5 000

CC4

$17 000

CC993

$4 200

AA987

$13 000

CD11

$30 000

CC718

$4 000

CC288

$20 000

CC280

$30 000

CC3330

$2 000

CC380

$12 000

CC25

$16 000

CC2892

$2 200

CC810

$4.000

CC308

$4 500

CC912

$1 500

CC322

$9 100

CC103

$5.000

CC730

$5 100

CC2

$30 000

CC672

$1 100

CC178

$5.500

AZ898

$25 500

CC911

$6 200

CC484

$12 000

CB31

$7 200

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 51ST ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $11 971 332.

LOOKING FOR POTENTIAL FIREMEN ****

THE FIRE SERVICES WILL LAUNCH A FOUR-WEEK RECRUITING DRIVE FROM MONDAY (MARCH 3) TO TIE IN WITH ITS EXPANSION PROGRAMME.

*WE ARE LOOKING FOR PHYSICALLY FIT YOUNG MEN INTERESTED IN AN EXCITING AND CHALLENGING CAREER, A FIRE SERVICES SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY.

THE SPOKESMAN CALLED ON ENERGETIC AND RESPONSIBLE YOUNG MEN WHO WANT A JOB THAT IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY TO COME FORWARD.

+PROMOTION PROSPECTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE PREPARED TO WORK HARD AND STUDY TO BECOME QUALIFIED FOR HIGHER POSTS ARE VERY GOOD, + HE ADDED.

THREE RECRUITMENT CENTRES WILL BE SET UP ON THE ISLAND, IN KOWLOON AND IN THE NEW TERRITORIES. THEY WILL OPERATE AT THE HARBOUR ROAD FIRE STATION, WEST OF WAN CHAI FERRY PIER TSIM SHA TSU! FIRE STATION ON CANTON ROAD, AND TSUEN WAN FIRE STATION ON TAJ CHUNG ROAD. OPENING HOURS ARE FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM (EXCEPT SUNDAY).

THE SPOKESMAN