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IT WAS BUILT IN 1883 AND THUS, APPROPRIATELY, CELEBRATES ITS CENTENARY THIS YEAR, WHICH HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH THE URBAN COUNCIL'S OWN 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
THE UNIVERSITY MAIN BUILDING IS A WELL-KNOWN CULTURAL LANDMARK SITUATED IN THE WESTERN END OF HONG KONG ISLAND.
AN IMPRESSIVE RED-BRICK BUILDING, IT IS SURMOUNTED BY A CLOCK TOWER, WITH ITS EXTERNAL GRANITE COLOURS OF GREEK IONIC ORDER.
THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1912, AND ALTHOUGH A MASSIVE RE-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IS UNDERWAY AT THE UNIVERSITY, THE MAIN BUILDING IS TO REMAIN AS THE FOCAL POINT OF THE UNIVERSITY TRADITION AROUND WHICH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IS TO EVOLVE.
A SITE OF THE OLD POTTERY KILNS AT WUN YIU VILLAGE, TAI PO, IS TO BE PRESERVED AS A HISTORICAL SITE,
THE KILNS, OF WHICH ONLY RUINED REMAINS CAN BE IDENTIFIED, HAD ONCE BEEN A CENTRE OF A THRIVING AND WELL-KNOWN POTTERY INDUSTRY OF THE NEW TERRITORIES AND WHICH FLOUR IS HED FOR SOME 300 YEARS.
IT IS HOPED TO DISPLAY THE REMAINS OF THE KILNS AND POSSIBLY PARTLY TO RESTORE THEM.
AN ANCIENT STONE CIRCLE ON LANTAU ISLAND HAS ALSO TO BE DECLARED A MONUMENT.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL MEETING
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THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL AVIATION, MR TREVOR THORPE IS LEAVING FOR DUESSELDORF, WEST GERMANY, TODAY (SATURDAY) TO ATTEND A TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING SPONSORED BY THE AIRPORT OPERATORS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL.
THE CONFERENCE, WHICH WILL START ON MONDAY (MAY 2), IS DESIGNED TO KEEP WORLD AIRPORT OPERATORS ABREAST OF LATEST TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND DESIGN.
IT IS ALSO INTENDED TO PROVIDE A FORUM FOR DISCUSSION AND EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON MUTUAL PROBLEMS AND ON PROGRESS IN OVERCOMING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES OF AIRPORT OPERATIONS.
TOPICS FOR DETAILED STUDY WILL INCLUDE BIRD HAZARDS AND METHODS OF REDUCING THE PROBLEM, JET BLAST CLEARANCES AND PROTECTIVE MEASURES, PAVEMENT FRICTION MEASUREMENT, EFFECTS OF RUNWAY GROOVING ON AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS, AND THE POTENTIAL
IMPACT OF SUPER JUMBO JETS ON AIRPORT OPERATION.
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