1.   It is my honour to toast the bride and groom on this auspicious occasion.

2.   Charles A. Sullivan, chairman and chief executive officer of Interstate, told shareholders gathered for the meeting that Friday marked an auspicious occasion for the company.

3.   Indeed on auspicious occasions literary executors have used their own good judgment.

4.   Others say they were used for all kinds of auspicious occasions.

5.   There was no such ambivalence at a Buddhist temple in the old Chinese quarter of Macau, where people turned up to worship on this auspicious occasion.

6.   Later, the partners of the firm cut a celebration cake to mark the auspicious occasion.

7.   On an auspicious occasion, a group of celestial dancers descend to dance in the precincts of the temple, to celebrate its past glory.

8.   Organising chairman Tan Kwang Meng urged devotees to offer oil lamps to Buddha during the auspicious occasion, saying it was a meaningful and meritorious deed.

9.   Sikhs who chanted holy hymns to mark the auspicious occasion also distributed sweets and drinks to spectators.