Girl In 7th Heaven

Bangkok : A baby girl born on July 7, 2007 - 07/07/07 - in the back of a taxi bearing the licence plate 7777 is to receive a scholarship worth 700,000 baht (S$35,500) a college said on wed.

The Panyapiwat Inst of Tech has promised the girl, nicknamed "Seven" a bursary until she graduates.
"It's an unconditional scholarship that we gave to her because she was born on July 7 of the year 2007, and in a taxi with the licence plate 7777" said rector Ratana Prasertsom.
"And when the mother and the girl checked in at the hospital, they were given room 707 on the seventh floor."

Thais place great faith in the mystical importance of numbers, and the succession of sevens in the baby's birth has been seen as deeply auspicious.
(Agence France-Presse)