51.   In Tokyo, the Nikkei stock average was supported by high bidding at a central Tokyo land auction the previous day, brokers said.

52.   Dealers said higher-than-expected prices reached at a land auction Wednesday added a strong dose of confidence for the long term development of the market.

53.   Dealers said higher-than-expected prices reached at a land auction Wednesday added a strong dose of confidence in the long term development of the market.

54.   Titus Kong, sales manager of Sun Hung Kai Securities, said all property stocks rose sharply after the land auction.

55.   Last month, A.K. Paton, assistant director of the Lands Department told reporters the government generated its second smallest annual turnover from land auctions for this fiscal year.

56.   Real estate, construction and banking stocks reaped benefits Tuesday from a central Tokyo land auction, underpinning overall prices in the stock exchange.

57.   Sasaki pleaded guilty to both charges, as well as six others that include tax evasion, obstructing a land auction and perjury.

58.   The Hong Kong government said Monday it generated its second smallest annual turnover from land auctions for this fiscal year.

59.   The market opened strongly in response to a better-than-expected government land auction on Wednesday but profit-taking erased early gains.