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'NO PREFIX' CAR NUMBERS FOR YEAR OF THE HORSE

CAR OWNERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACQUIRE "NO PREFIX" FOR THEIR VEHICLES TO GREET THE YEAR OF THE HORSE.

NUMBERS

TWENTY-ONE SPECIAL CAR NUMBERS BEARING NO PREFIX

VEHICLE "LUCKY" UP FOR SALE AT A LUNAR NEW YEAR SATURDAY, JANUARY 6.

WILL BE NUMBER AUCTION

PUT

ON

HEADING THE LIST IS NUMBER 2828 WHICH NUMBER MEANING "EASY TO PROSPER",

IS CONSIDERED A LUCKY

+

THE NUMBERS AVAILABLE FOR BIDDING ARE AS FOLLOWS:

2828

886

1188

178

223

15

1313

8833

822

988

11

813

67

818

27

939

388

983

2222

89

399

ALL THE NUMBERS ARE NOT TRANSFERRABLE.

AUCTION,

THE

COMING

TO BE HELD AT A THE CITY HALL THEATRE

THE TURNOUT AT WITH AN EXPECTED LARGE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR IT LARGER VENUE. THE AUCTION WILL TAKE PLACE AT INSTEAD OF THE RECITAL HALL, BEGINNING AT 10 AM.

PREVIOUS LUNAR NEW YEAR AUCTIONS SAW THE AUSPICIOUS NUMBER "7" WAS SOLD FETCH A RECORD $5 MILLION LAST YEAR AND THIS YEAR $4.8 MILLION.

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FOR

PROCEEDS ALL LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES.

FROM LUCKY

CAR

NUMBER AUCTIONS

GO

то

THE

THIS AUCTIONS

THE PROCEEDS FROM ALL THE

ABOUT $20 MILLION COMPARED WITH $20.23 MILLION MILLION IN 1987.

YEAR HAVE TOTALLED LAST YEAR AND $7.88

BY THE SINCE MAY 1973, A TOTAL OF 145 AUCTIONS HAVE BEEN HELD

890 MILLION FOR THE LOTTERIES TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT. RAISING ABOUT FUND.

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