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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1986
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HECTIC BIDDING FOR UC FLOWER SHOW
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BIDDING WAS HECTIC IN TODAY'S AUCTION OF 29 COMMERCIAL FLOWER STALLS TO BE OPERATED AT NEXT WEEK'S URBAN COUNCIL FLOWEP SHOW AT THE CITY HALL, AND ALL BIDS WERE WELL ABOVE THE UPSET PRICES.
THE HIGHEST BID FOR ONE OF THE EIGHT STALLS OF 18 SQUARE METRES EACH (UPSET PRICE $1 600) WAS $6 400, WHILE THE LOWEST BID WAS $2 600.
FOR 21 OTHER STALLS MEASURING NINE SQUARE METRES EACH (UPSET PRICE $800), BIDS RANGED FROM $3 500 TO $2 000.
THE 29 COMMERCIAL STALLS WILL BE SELLING PLANTS. FLOWERS AND HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS AT THE FLOWER SHOW FROM MARCH 14 TO 16.
DR DENNY HUANG PRAISED FOR
INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION+ TO COUNCIL WORK
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LONG-SERVING URBAN COUNCILLOR DR DENNY HUANG TODAY CHAIRED HIS LAST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL'S ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE SELECT COMMITTEE - AND RECEIVED FROM FELLOW MEMBERS AND THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES A HEARTY VOTE OF THANKS FOR HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMITTEE'S WORK UNDER HIS STEWARDSHIP FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
DR HUANG HAS DECIDED TO STAND DOWN FROM THE COUNCIL. AND, AS ONE COUNCILLOR SAID TODAY, +GO INTO A WELL-EARNED AND HONOURABLE RETIREMENT. +
ADDED THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR A.K. CHUT: ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT MAY I THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE IMPORTANT WORK OF THIS SELECT
COMMITTEE.+
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