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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1983

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FIVE HOUSES SOLD BY AUCTION

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FIVE HOUSES IN NGAU CHI WAN VILLAGE WERE SOLD TODAY AT AN AUCTION HELD BY THE LANDS DEPARTMENT AT THE CHOI WAN ESTATE COMMUNITY CENTRE.

FOUR OF THE HOUSES, EACH WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 56 SQUARE METRES, WERE SOLD FOR $890 000, $840 000, $830 000 AND $830 000 RESPECTIVELY.

THE REMAINING HOUSE, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 74.9 SQUARE METRES WAS SOLD FOR $1 MILLION.

ANOTHER HOUSE, ALSO ABOUT 74.9 SQUARE METRES, WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THERE WAS NO BIDDER.

LONGER SERVICE HOURS FOR MAXICAB ROUTE

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MAXICAB SERVICES ON ROUTE 61M WILL BE EXTENDED TO 3 AM, STARTING FROM SATURDAY (JUNE 25).

THE ROUTE, BETWEEN THE KOWLOON TONG RAILWAY STATION AND LEK YUEN, CURRENTLY CLOSES AT 11.30 PM.

+ THE EXTENSION IS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF COMMUTERS TRAVELLING OUTSIDE THE OPERATION HOURS OF KMB AND KCR, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SAID.

THE ROUTE RUNS VIA LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD, SHA KOK STREET, SHA TIN WAI ROAD AND SHA TIN TOWN CENTRE AT 15-MINUTE INTERVALS.

THE FARE IS $2.50.

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