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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1989

"ALL. THESE WE EXPECT FROM A FINE WILSON SAID.

ACADEMIC

JOURNAL, LADY

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"RENDITIONS", SHE SAID, WAS RATHER UNIQUE, IN THAT. WHILE

SERVING THE NEEDS OF ACADEMICS AND STUDENTS OF CHINESE, IT HAD ALSO AROUSED THE INTEREST OF THE GENERAL READING PUBLIC.

"SINCE HONG KONG IS A PREDOMINANTLY CHINESE SOCIETY, IT 13 PERHAPS UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THE HIGH REPUTATION OF 'RENDITIONS' is BETTER KNOWN ABROAD THAN LOCALLY," LADY WILSON SAID.

"I HOPE THAT, WITH THE LAUNCHING OF THE 'RENDITIONS' SPECIAL ISSUE ON HONG KONG, THE LOCAL READING PUBLIC WILL BECOME MORE AWARE OF THIS FINE JOURNAL," SHE SAID.

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LADY WILSON SAID THAT "RENDITIONS' WAS ANOTHER RXAMPLE THAT THE LABEL "MADE IN HONG KONG" REPRESENTED GOOD QUALITY.

LUCKY CAR NUMBER FOR NEW YEAR AUCTION

THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS SELECTED A SPECIAL CAR NUMBER "7" WITHOUT PREFIX - FOR SALE AT A LUNAR NEW YEAR "LUCKY" VEHICLE NUMBER AUCTION ON JANUARY 21 (SATURDAY).

NINETEEN OTHER SPECIALLY SELECTED NUMBERS WILL ALSO BE PUT FOR AUCTION, WITH PROCEEDS GOING TO THE CHARITABLE LOTTERIES FUND.

THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CAR NUMBER AUCTION ORGANISED LAST

UP

YEAR SAW

THE AUSPICIOUS NUMBER **8", ALSO WITHOUT PREFIX, FETCH A RECORD

$5 MILLION.

THE POPULARITY OF "LUCKY" NUMBERS HAS PROMPTED THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT TO ORGANISE MORE AUCTIONS OF VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS IN ORDER TO GENERATE MORE MONEY FOR CHARITY.

THE STRENGTH OF PUBLIC INTEREST IN THE NUMBERS CAN INDICATED BY THE MONEY RAISED.

MILLION.

BE

IN 1986, THE PROCEEDS FROM THESE AUCTIONS TOTALLED $4.63

THE 1987 FIGURE WAS $7.88 MILLION.

IN 1988 THE PROCEEDS ROSE TO A TOTAL OF $20.2 MILLION.

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