Article: Sale of donated books in HK attract 21,000 people

Sale of donated books in HK attract 21,000 people

HONG KONG, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Sale of Donated Books, which was held here over the weekend, attracted a total of about 21,000 people with over 147,000 books sold.

All books were sold at 5 HK dollars (64 US cents) each but the actual amount donated is to be confirmed by the Community Chest of Hong Kong.

Both the number of participants and books sold are more than double those of last year. About 10,000 people participated and 66, 000 books sold with a donation of 330,000 HK dollars (42,300 US dollars) to the Community Chest of Hong ...

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