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been other attempts at settlement of an even earlier date, and that Chinese connexions with this particular part of the Kwangtung region prior to 1100 were by no means as scanty as, with our present knowledge, we are apt to presuppose.
The original intention of the Government was to demolish the tomb, after the details of it had been fully recorded. In view of the great public interest shown in it, however, the Government reversed this decision, and the area will now be retained as a small public park for recreation in the middle of the Li Cheng Uk Resettlement Area.