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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1993

LUCKY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS SALE BY AUCTION

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FIFTY CAR REGISTRATION MARKS WERE PUT UP FOR AUCTION THIS (SATURDAY) MORNING FOR A TOTAL OF $2,558,000 WHICH WILL GO TO THE GOVERNMENT LOTTERIES FUND FOR CHARITY AFTER DEDUCTION OF EXPENSES INCURRED.

THE AUCTION, HELD AT THE RECITAL HALL OF THE CITY HALL, SAW THE REGISTRATION MARK FS 1 FETCH THE HIGHEST PRICE OF $790,000.

ANOTHER REGISTRATION MARK FS 7 WAS SOLD AT THE SECOND HIGHEST PRICE OF $220,000 WHILE THE LOWEST PRICE WAS $2,000 FOR FL 1956.

FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF TODAY'S AUCTION:

$

FL 993 16,000 FL1008 22,000

$

FL6628

FL 880

*FT 121

AZ 387

51,000 55,000 20,000 18,000

FL3628 FL 117

*DL3333 110,000

*1859

7,000 FL 911 22,000 AL2922 50,000 *FS1

40,000

20,000

790,000

FL8886

22,000

FL2388

15,000 FL 623

20,000

FL2238

14,000

HK2881

52,000

FL 348

31,000

FR9998

20,000

FK8812

3,000

FL 986

13,000

HK 115

152,000

FL9890

8,000

FL2312

30,000

FL 221

17,000

FL8328

12,000

CC9388

54,000

*FP 22

95,000 *FR 87

70,000

*FK 13

60,000 *FS 7

220,000

FL3386

12,000 AA8001

56,000

FL 865

6,000 AD 748

24,000

FL1128

20,000

FL $11

26,000

FL 328

80,000

FL1011

8,000

AH6618

32,000

FL 520

10,000

DD 400

54,000

FL7068

4,000

22,000 FL 521

8,000

BB 359 24,000

FT 606

38,000

2,000 FL1795

3,000

CJ 916 FL1956

*SPECIAL VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARK (NOT TRANSFERABLE)

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

ONLY

THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION MARKS AUCTIONED WILL BE ASSIGNED TO CARS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF THE DATE OF AUCTION.

TODAY'S SALE, THE 206TH ORGANISED BY THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT SINCE MAY 1973, BROUGHT THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY REALISED SO FAR то $223,494,905.

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TEMPORARY POST OFFICE FOR CONGRESS DELEGATES

A TEMPORARY POST OFFICE WILL BE SET UP FROM NOVEMBER 22 TO 26 ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THE HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE, TSIM SHA TSUI, TO SERVE DELEGATES ATTENDING THE 48TH JUNIOR CHAMBER INTERNATIONAL WORLD CONGRESS.

IT WILL OPEN FROM 1 PM TO 5 PM.

/THE POSTMASTER