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KAM TIN GATES.
YESTERDAY'S
RESTORATION CEREMONY
!
WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1925.
they were therefore not ill-treated in any way, but the fron gates aloe were taken away,
bohalf and
Bivato Secretary, were received on people and of our appreciation of the coins in the Isle of Fragrant arrival by the elders, Mr. Tang Pak the loyalty which they have shown Streams, your virtue and your grace kau, chief Elder of the gonior branch during these years and the good have extended over all... of the Tang Chan, Mr. Tang Wat order which has always existed In Restraint and gentle atd aro The Restoration,
tong, & lending Eldor of the Tangs, the territory. The people of the suitably combined, and the stern- and Mr. Tang Ching-cheong, chief Now Territory have deserved wellness of rebuke is tempered with a New Pak Kau, a descendant
oldor of Elder of Kat Hing Wai, the of us by giving us every asist-smile. A ceremony, unusual, Interesting the 26th generation, has petitioned actual village at which the gates ance, and 1 have much pleasure in Your clear and detailed orders and of considerable historical the Hongkong Government on our were orcoted, and Mr. Wynne Jones bringing these gates back. The are a guide to your officials, and in our petition having District officer. A guard of 90 gates have, I believed, been in the person have you aided the schools signiâcance,
yesterday was
"His Excellery been forwarded to the English ergeant and eight constables stop village for several hundred years, with your advico. performed by tho Governor (Sir Edward Government, the iron gates have to attention when His Excellency and I hope they will remain for The overlasting principles of
their original passed by on entering the pavilion, Stubbs, KOM.G.) at the old been restored to Chinese village of Kam Tin position for security, and all the ard almost simultaneously & denf many hundred of years, and the righteousness are shown perth in the New Territories. It had to expenses have been defrayed by ening ditt broke oat as a large bunch village will prosper in future even the freeing of our "mul tsal" and do with the restoration of the an- the Hongkong Government. We of fire araokern was let off with a more than it has done in the past, the relief of their opression. Your sympathy has preserved the homes clent gates of the village, which again thank H. B. The Governor, alute of small guna It was a noisy. (Applause);
Accompanied by His A. D. C. of the people and checked tho were removed by British troops Sir R. E. Stubbs, for coming in but cordial welcome in true.Chinese following the troublesome period person to our humble village and fashion. A school boys' band and and one of the elders, H. E. the rapacity of landlords...
When a survey of your chargo of Chinese band also took part in a Governor walked up the causeway ceremony of the cession of the New Terri-performing the
to the gate, and by pulling a cord has revealed the slightest defect, tories. The gates were considered restoration, from which can be nouncing the Governor's arrival
removed a piece of red cloth, you at once In baste repaired it, to have a sufficient antique value seen the deep sympathy and great
which shielded the gate, His Ex-and your sympathy has allowed no to warrant removal to London, goodness of the English Govern-· where they have remained for a ment. This is now set up as a mark
the gate. quarter of a century. It has been largely due to His Excellency the Governor's interest and efforts that they have been returned and erect ed in the spot where they stood da the year 1899.
forgotten,
The Governor's Speech."
ק 4
Addressing the gathering, i Excellency immediately pushing open plaint however small, to pass by
I am plased to sco of the recognition of our loyalty cellency said: and, is specially inscribed on stone this largo, assembly to-day. The be as a record, that it may never beginning dates back to the year 1808 when the lease of the New Territorios handed over by China to Great Britain Those Present.
At that time there was some slight misunderstanding, and Government oficials and leading the natives of Kam Tin village were residents were invited, the large not prepared to welcome the new gathering present including Sir Government with quite the enthus K.B.E,ism which we had hoped. The re Claud Severn, C.MG,
Of minor importance though it) may be, there has perhaps been no incident in the whale history of Hongkong and of the New Terri
E and Lady Pollock, Hon Mr. removal of the old gates, of which
."
Returning to the pavilion, His Excellency was presented with a Chinese address by one of the elders.
Address to His Excellency,
unattended.
So now, wo beg to mention the gunerous return of the ancient iron gates which of old did once, belong to our lowly village here; not only, was this done at no cost to your
The following is a translation of servants but your gracious pre- the Address to His Excellency.sence here has honoured us still
heads old the Duke of Talu. Went further, to rule in Shensi, his subjects, how when your royal chair did pass, We shall always now remember,
kindacas sang his praises in the odo
tories which has more cloquently (Colonial Secrotary), the Hon. Sir. Bt of the misunderstanding was the grateful for the milk" of his human children and women left all the and. genuinely revealed the Gov and Mrs. P. II. Holyoak and the they were justly proud. I hope that "Shu Min." Likewise when Tou Fuanes deserted to come to bid you: ernment's friendly feeling and Misses Hollyoak, Hon. Mr. and Mra during the twenty-seven years, which controlled the frontier line, the welcome, and when your car of state sympathy towards the Chinese of W. Tratman, Hon. Mr. and Mrs have elapsed since that time we admirers of his valorous grace gava
did stop, the neighbourhood was the New Territories; and the an H.T. Creasy, Hon Mr. Chow Shou have come to know each other het him honour in the sang "Pun Mul."led with defere, wo preciation of the villagers and ofson, Hon. Me. R. H. Kotowall, Hon.ter, and that the village of Kam A well loved government has its Elders of this town, receiving your Now therefore, wo, your servants, the whole country around was Mr. O. Mel Mosser, O.B.E, Hon-Tin has realized that our object mete reward in songs of joy and evidenced by the enormous interest Dr. and Mra J. B. Addision, IIon. In this territory is merely to do the praise this held of old as now, in how can we cease from praising protection and personal advice, taken in the unusual and well Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Bird, best we can for the village and Its foreign lands and China. arranged ceremonial and expres Commodore, Mrs. and. Missinhabitants. Our relations have We therefore pray Your Excel-you and wishing you God epced! sions of goodwill and loyalty heard Stirling,
submit our Lt. Col. Montague been of the most friendly, charac- lency now to grant us leave to speak Bewing humbly we on all hands."
Bates, CB., OMG.,
offering of song.. D.S.Qter throughout this time, and thora- our humble say. It was appropriate that Sir Ed Lt Col E E. Mackintosh, D.BO..fore last year when I was remind- You, Sir, have given peace and Glorious Great Eritain! Queen of
all the Seas! ward Stubbs should be the centrai and Mrs Mackintosh, Lt. Col. Ged of the fact that the gates had comfort to your people, while still |
Wide o'er your far flung Empiro Bird, Captain Joll, Adjutant of the been removed and was asked whe- you cultivate the graces of the figure in the ceremony. It will be
do your gracious acts extend.. Volunteers, Major J. Maercady, one of the last Chinese functions Loud Mrs. Macready, Mr. and ther I could have them sent back, mind. Your genius comprehends Your greatness and your goodness which His Excellency will attend Mrs G. N. Orme, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. had the greatest pleasure in the arts of peace and war, and, in before proceeding Home отл 10-
B. McElderry, Mr and Mre. N. L. obtaining them from England, your lofty state, "forms the bulwark nguishing the Governorship of Smith, Mr. A. G. M. Fletcher, O.M.C., where they have been kept, and of this port.. the Colony, and it will therefore BE, Mr. Bullock, 18.0., M.B.E, restoring them to the village, as a Already in Ceylon, had you set an appropriate seal
his
mark both of our goodwill to the merited renown, and since you held untiring and enthusiastic efforts for the weal of the Colony, both European and Chinese..
to
Interesting History. His Excellency's interest in the movement for the restoration of the gates will be preserved in the form of an inscription on the tablet at Kat Hing Wal, which gives a short history of the gates,
and Mrs. Bullock, Dr. 8 W. Teo, Mr. Wong Kwong-tin, Mr. Li Po- kwai, Mr. H. R. Butter, Mr. and Mrs. D. Burlingham, Mr. and Mrs E W. Carpenter, ME and Mrs. H T. Jackman, Mr. and Mra J. R. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. W: Schofield, Mr. and Mr. W. J. Carrie, Mr. and Mrs R. Baker, Dr. and Mrs. W. B. A. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Gerrard, Lt. Commdr. W. Conway Hako
Messrs. F. F. J. Wodehouse, I H E. Booth G. R. Sayer, T. H. King, P.
of which the following is a trans. S. Moore, Li Yau-chuen, Lo lation:
Cheungshiu, Li Wingkwong, Law, Tong Yat-chuen, Chatt Siu-ki, Wong Yu-tung and Wong Ping-sun.
The present of Mr. Gerrard wa of special interest in view of the fact that no was present at the actual taking of the gates
His Excellency's Arrival:
Since the arrival of our common ancestor of the Tang Clan, Fu Hip who came as an official from Kiang Saito Kwang Tung in the reign of Shun Ning of the Sung Dynasty, and settled in the Northern and Southern Wai of this township, his descendants have multiplied ex ceedingly; and so in the reign of
All the visitors were welcomed by Shing Fa of the Ming Dynasty, the three Elders of Kam Tin Village and two Wai of Kat Hing and Tai Hon ushered in a spacious pavilion which were founded, and his descendants formed a covered passage way to settled therein.. These two -the gate of the village. Kam Tin settled therein. These two villages village retains all the features of were surrounded by high walls and eld Chinese architecture; the mont deep moats and iron gates were also and the wall with other fortifications set up, the reason for such strong have been well preserved, fortification being. protection against robbers. In the 25th year of the reign of Kwong. Sul, ed, and on a table in front were placed a mirror, symbolic of clear the Kei Hoi year (1.4. A.D. 1837)ness of the mind, a bowl of water. the territory to the South of the symbolic of purity of heart, "sing Shamchun river was leased by the Yushui, ming yu keng"); and a set Tsing Government to the British of leaden joss bowls and candle- Government. As the Tsing Govticks, symbolic of prayer for pros ernment had not previously properity and health, ("hing heong chuk claimed this fact, when the British | 1),
troops entered, the ignorant people
The "Pri Lan" was gnily decorat
of various villages who had been The gates appear to be of solid misled by others rose and offered build and are of the lettered work resistance.
The people in our pattern, with twisting circles ol villages, being afraid of disturb steel between the bark There are ance, closed their iron gates to artistic features about them; they brevent the entry of the troops, nection with the village than for
are valued more for their long con thus giving rise to the suspici in
that bad characters were concealei anything else.
within. The troops therefore at- tacked and broke open the gates. On entry they found that all were men and women of good character;
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