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SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1993

VEHICLE MARKS AUCTION FOR CHARITY

TWENTY VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS WERE SOLD IN AN AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $9,950,000.

THE SUM WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY AFTER DEDUCTION OF EXPENSES INCURRED.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE CITY HALL THEATRE, SAW THE REGISTRATION MARK 5 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $2,500,000.

ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK HK12 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $720,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $150,000 FOR CF33.

FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF THE AUCTION:

$

900 610,000 HK12 721,000

$

$

286 250,000 AC9 180,000 883 300,000

CN8 320,000

5

3383

410,000

DC88

HK90

310,000

CF33 150,000

48

610,000

AA2 310,000

AE1

400.000

289 HK8 18 CL28

2,500,000 460,000 350,000 320,000 AB38 380,000 330.000 119 460,000

AA3 580,000

ALL THE ABOVE MARKS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE.

SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY BY CHEQUE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE BIDDING.

THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS 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 186TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BRINGS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR TO $167,890,905.

ANTI-RABIES INOCULATION DRIVE FOR FISHERMEN

THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT WILL LAUNCH A SPECIAL DOG INOCULATION DRIVE IN FISHING PORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS SO THAT FISHERMEN CAN HAVE THEIR DOGS IMMUNISED AGAINST RABIES.

THE DRIVE, A REGULAR EXERCISE SINCE 1980, IS INTENDED то HELP FISHERMEN WHO CANNOT SPARE TIME TO TAKE THEIR DOGS TO AN INOCULATION CENTRE OR A GOVERNMENT KENNEL FOR INOCULATION.

STARTING FROM MONDAY (JANUARY INOCULATION TEAMS WILL BOAT-TO-BOAT VISITS BETWEEN 10

DOG

11), THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE GO TO SEVEN FISHING PORTS AND MAKE AM AND 4 PM DAILY.

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