SUNDAY, MAY 26, 1985
HISTORICAL GAS LAMPS IN DUDDELL STREET RELIT
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THE FLIGHT OF STEPS AT THE SOUTHERN END OF DUDDELL STREET, AND THE FOUR GAS LAMPS MOUNTED ON THE BALUSTRADES ON EITHER SIDE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RESTORED.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH SAID IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO ESTABLISH PRECISELY WHEN THESE STONE STEPS WERE BUILT BUT SERIAL MAPS OF HONG KONG INDICATED THAT IT WAS SOMETIME BETWEEN 1875 AND 1889.
+ IT IS ALSO UNCERTAIN WHEN THE GAS LAMPS WERE INSTALLED BUT
IT WAS PROBABLY EARLY THIS CENTURY, HE NOTED.
RECORDS SHOW THAT THE LAMPS WERE RELIT AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN FEBRUARY 1948 AND IN THE ENSUING 20 YEARS ALL OTHER GAS LAMPS WERE GRADUALLY REPLACED BY ELECTRIC ONES.
+ THE FOUR DUDDELL STREET LAMPS HAVE SINCE 1967 REEN THE ONLY GAS PUBLIC STREET LIGHTING IN THE TERRITORY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
WITH THE HONG KONG AND CHINA GAS COMPANY SUPPLYING TOWN GAS, AND THE URBAN COUNCIL BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTENANCE, THE GAS LAMPS HAVE NOW BEEN RELIT AS OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL INTEREST.
THE STONE STEPS AND GAS LAMPS ARE GAZETTED AS MONUMENTS UNDE· THE PROTECTION OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE.
FOCUS ON GDP STATISTICS
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A SPECIAL REVIEW, ENTITLED +A GUIDE TO BASIC CONCEPTS AND STATISTICS OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) OF HONG KONG+, IS INCLUDED IN THE MARCH 1985 ISSUE OF THE HONG KONG MONTHLY DIGEST OF STATISTICS.
THE ARTICLE INTRODUCES SOME IMPORTANT CONCEPTS OF THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE DATA AVAILABILITY AND MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN STATISTICS ON THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT OF HONG KONG OVER THE PAST YEARS. SOME ANALYSES OF THE PAST DATA SERIES ON THE EXPENDITURE AND PRODUCTION-BASED GDP ESTIMATES ARE ALSO GIVEN.
THE ARTICLE IS INTENDED AS AN INTRODUCTION TO READERS WHO WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE BASIC CONCEPTS OF GDP AND THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH STATISTICS IN HONG KONG.
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