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SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1984

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HE TOLD THE RECRUITS THAT BY 1997, MANY OF THEM WOULD BE IN MUCH HIGHER POSITIONS WITH GREATER RESPONSIBILITIES AND THAT AS THEY WERE HOLDING CAREER JOBS WITH EXPERTISE, THEY WOULD NOT BE MUCH AFFECTED BY A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT.

IT WAS THEREFORE IMPORTANT THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE IR FUTURE WHICH WOULD IN TURN CONTRIBUTE TO THE STABILITY OF HONG KONG, HE SAID.

+WITH STABILITY AND HARD WORK, IT IS HOPED THAT HONG KONG COULD REMAIN PROSPEROUS AND GOOD LIVING STANDARDS TOGETHER WITH EXISTING FREEDOMS COULD BE MAINTAINED, HE ADDED.

DURING THE CEREMONY, MR CHAN PRESENTED SILVER WHISTLES TO THE TWO BEST RECRUITS, MR FUNG KAM-FAI AND MR TANG TSZ-KIN.

SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS AUCTIONED ****

FOURTEEN SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD EY AUCTION THIS MORNING (SATURDAY) FOR A TOTAL OF $180 500 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAN REGISTRATION NUMBER AA1188 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $25 000.

ANOTHER NUMBER CL5 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $24 000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1 000 FOR AN7487 AND Dы7500. THE OTHER SPECIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE SOLD AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES:

AS2244

$ 3 000

340

-

$11 000

9882

HK1997

$10 000

$21 000

XX 123

$12 000

AA 190

$18 500

CX

50

$ 8 000

BW 18

$23 000

AG 813

-

$ 2 000

846

$21 000

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 91ST ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $30 316 832.

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