SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1976
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THE NEARBY TUNG CHUNG FORT, WITH ITS SIX OLD CANNON POINTING OUT TO SEA, HAS LONG BEEN A HONG KONG ATTRACTION FOR HISTORIANS AND TOURISTS.
IT WAS FIRST BUILT IN 1817 AS A PROTECTION AGAINST THE PIRATES WHO TERRORISED THE COASTLINE AT THAT TIME. MOST OF THE OLD BUILDINGS
INSIDE THE FORT ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHICH HAVE BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS AS A PRIMARY SCHOOL AND BY THE TUNG CHUNG RURAL COMMITTEE.
BUT HEAVY RAINS HAVE CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF ONE OF THE FORT'S STONE SLAB WALLS AND THE DISTRICT OFFICE WILL BE SPENDING ABOUT $10,000 TO REBUILD IT.
SAID MR. CHAN: +WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE USING THE ORIGINAL STONES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE HISTORY AND ORIGINAL APPEARANCE OF THE FORT CAN BE MAINTAINED.
+THE COLLAPSED WALL COULD ALSO UNDERMINE ONE OF THE WATCH TURRETS, SO THAT IS ANOTHER GOOD REASON FOR REBUILDING IT. +
GOVERNOR TO VISIT PLAY CENTRE ******
THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, WILL PAY A VISIT ON TUESDAY TO THE SAU MAU PING PLAY CENTRE WHERE CHILDREN FROM THE NEARBY ESTATE WILL TAKE PART IN VARIOUS RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
THE ACTIVITIES, ORGANISED BY THE CHINESE Y.M.C.A., IS PART
OF THIS YEAR'S SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMME.
THE GOVERNOR WILL BE ABLE TO SEE CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN EIGHT AND 14 PARTICIPATING IN SMALL GROUP GAMES, STORY TELLING AND SINGING AND COMPETING IN POTATO-SACK JUMPING AND JUMPING ROPE CONTESTS.
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO SEND REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE GOVERNOR'S VISIT. SIR MURRAY IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AT THE IN-SERVICE COURSE OF TRAINING FOR TEACHERS (H.K.) ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOOL, SAU MING ROAD, SAU MAU PING (SOUTH) ESTATE, KOWLOON AT 2.45 P.M.
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