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CAR NUMBERS SALE BY AUCTION

SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1988

FORTY VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBERS WERE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $75,500 WHICH WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY PURPOSES.

THE AUCTION HELD AT THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT'S HONG KONG LICENSING OFFICE, SAW THE REGISTRATION NUMBER CF337 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $7,000.

ANOTHER NUMBER DT1118 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $5,500 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $1,000 FOR 16 REGISTRATION NUMBERS.

FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S AUCTION:

DS1473 1,000

DS3231 2,000

DS7833 1,000

DR9854 1,000

DS2829 1,000 DR9281 1,000

DR7221 1,000

DS8026 1,000

DS6627 1,000

DS 3083 1,500 DT1118 5,500 DT4677 1,000 DS9386 3,000 DS6793 2,000 DT531 1,000 DS4008 3,500 DT1106 1,500

DS8111 5,000

DT1223 4,000 DB501 1,000 AD3781 1,000 DU991 2,000

DS1381 1,500 AY673 1,000 DT996 2,000

DS6123 2,000

DU7361 WITHDRAWN AP1189 4,500

DT9503 WITHDRAWN DU6626

3,000

DU316 2,000 CF337 7,000 CK7351 1,000 AE7643 1,000

DU9 14

1,000

DV5551

1,000

DU6831 WITHDRAWN

DT1210 WITHDRAWN DT8026 2,000

AV2232

4,500

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WERE REQUIRED TO PAY IN CASH OR BY

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.

CHEQUE

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 124TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CHARITY REALISED SO FAR TO $59,149,032.

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