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FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1974.
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RE-OPENING OF HISTORIC TEMPLE
THE RECENTLY RENOVATED SHING WONG TEMPLE, WHICH HAS A HISTORY OF NEARLY 100 YEARS, WILL BE RE-OPENED TOMORROW (SATURDAY) BY THE DIRECTOR OF HOME AFFAIRS, MR. ERIC HO.
THE TEMPLE WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS FOOK TAK CHE, BUT WAS RENAMED SHING WONG TEMPLE FOLLOWING ITS RENOVATION WITH A GRANT OF ABOUT $200,000 FROM THE CHINESE TEMPLES FUND OF THE HOME AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT'S CHINESE TEMPLES COMMITTEE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1877 BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CAME
UNDER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE CHINESE TEMPLES COMMITTEE IN 1928. THE SHING WONG TEMPLE, WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE OF THAT
DENOMINATION ON HONG KONG ISLAND, WILL NOW BE BROUGHT UNDER THE SELF-ADMINISTRATION SCHEME OF THE CHINESE TEMPLES COMMITTEE.
TOMORROW'S OPENING CEREMONY WILL BE ATTENDED BY KALFONG
LEADERS AND WILL FEATURE A LION DANCE AND A TEA PARTY.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE WELCOME TO COVER THE OCCASION WHICH STARTS AT 12 NOON TOMORROW CSATURDAY). THE TEMPLE IS LOCATED AT KAN WAH STREET, SHAURIWAN.
TRAATWAR SPREETOMORAUKIWAN
WATER +BUSES+ FOR WU KWAI SHA
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HOLIDAY-MAKERS GOING TO THE POPULAR PICNIC SPOT OF WU KWAI SHA ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF TOLO HARBOUR WILL FIND
IT MORE CONVENIENT AND SAFER TO DO SO WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A SCHEDULED PASSENGER FERRY SERVICE FROM MA LIU SHUI NEAR THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY.
AS FROM NEXT TUESDAY (JULY 2), THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY WILL START OPERATING THE NEW SERVICE ON AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS DURING THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST,
THE COMPANY WILL USE THE WATER BUS+, A FASTER TYPE FERRY WHICH CAN CARRY 266 PASSENGERS,
THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, THERE WILL BE A FLAT FARE OF $1.
THE FIRST RUN FROM MA LIU SHUT WILL LEAVE AT 8.15 A.M. AND FROM WU KWAI SHA AT 8.30 A.M. THEREAFTER THERE WILL BE A FERRY EVERY HALF HOUR UNTIL THE LAST SAILINGS AT 5.45 P.M. FROM MA LIU SHUI AND 6 P.M. FROM WU KWAI SHA.
THIS SCHEDULE ALLOWS EASY CONNECTIONS WITH TRAIN SERVICES TO MA LIU SHUT.
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