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SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1982

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY IN CASH OR BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.

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 73RD ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $23 977 432.

CLEARANCE OF ILLEGAL GRAVES ****

THIRTY ILLEGAL GRAVES IN KWONG SHAN AREA, WITHIN THE CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE, WILL BE CLEARED NEXT WEEK.

WHERE RELATIVES COULD BE TRACED BEFORE EXHUMATION THEY WERE APPROACHED AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMOVE THE GRAVES THEMSELVES.

EXHUMED REMAINS OF THESE BURIALS WILL BE RE-INTERRED IN SANDY RIDGE CEMETERY.

UNDER SECTION 118 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, BURIALS OUTSIDE AUTHORISED CEMETERIES ARE NOT PERMITTED AS THE PRACTICE IS CONTRARY TO THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND COULD CONSTITUTE A HEALTH HAZARD.

THERE IS A FURTHER DANGER IN THAT PEOPLE VISITING ILLEGAL GRAVES IN KWONG SHAN RUN THE RISK OF ENDANGERING THEIR LIVES BY ENTERING THE CASTLE PEAK FIRING RANGE.

PEOPLE WHO CARRY OUT ILLEGAL BURIALS OUTSIDE AUTHORISED CEMETERIES WILL BE PROSECUTED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CITY AND NEW TERRITORIES DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION WARNED TODAY.

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