FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1985
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MADAM ALMEIDA E COSTA VISITS PO LEUNG KUK AND TEA WARE MUSEUM ****
MADAM ALMEIDA E COSTA, WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR OF MACAU, ACCOMPANIED BY LADY YOUDE, SPENT THIS (FRIDAY) MORNING VISITING THE PO LEUNG KUK AND THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE.
THEY WERE MET ON ARRIVAL AT THE PO LEUNG KUK'S PREMISES IN CAUSEWAY BAY BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, MR RONNIE WONG MAN-CHIU.
AFTER BEING BRIEFED BY MR WONG ON THE KUK'S HISTORY AND SERVICES, MADAM E COSTA AND LADY YOUDE WERE SHOWN AROUND THE PREMISES.
THEY VISITED THE BABIES WARD WHICH PROVIDES CARE FACILITIES FOR BABIES AWAITING ADOPTION= THE DAY CRECHE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN- THE NURSERY SCHOOL FOR FOUR-TO-SIX-YEAR-OLDS AND DORMITORIES FOR CHILDREN.
THEY ALSO TOURED THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP WHICH PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED.
THE PO LEUNG KUK, FOUNDED IN 1878, WAS ORIGINALLY AIMED AT SUPPRESSING ABDUCTION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG GIRLS AND TO PROVIDE RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF SUCH CASES. OVER THE YEARS, IT HAS DEVELOPED INTO A MULTI-PURPOSE VOLUNTARY AGENCY, PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES WHICH INCLUDE CHILD CARE, REHABILITATION, EDUCATION, RECREATION, MEDICAL, AND SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEIR VISIT TO THE KUK, MADAM E COSTA AND LADY YOUDE PROCEEDED TO THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE IN VICTORIA BARRACKS.
THEY WERE MET ON ARRIVAL BY THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF ART, MR LAWRENCE TAM, AND THE ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE, MR K.C. HÓ.
THE PARTY THEN TOURED THE MUSEUM AND SAW AN EXHIBITION ON +CHINESE TEA DRINKING+, WHICH INTRODUCES VARIOUS STYLES IN MAKING TEA BEVERAGES PRACTISED IN CHINA AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN HISTORY.
THE MUSEUM OF TEA WARE, CONVERTED FROM THE FORMER OFFICE AND RESIDENCE OF THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, IS THE FIRST MUSEUM IN HONG KONG WHICH SPECIALISES IN THE COLLECTION, STUDY AND DISPLAY OF TEA AND TEA WARE.
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