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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1985
BORN IN PAN YU, NEAR CANTON, LI OBTAINED HIS HONORARY CHIN-SHIH DEGREE IN THE IMPERIAL CIVIL EXAMINATION IN 1 226 AD AND BECAME A HIGH-RANKING OFFICIAL. HE WAS GRANTED THE FEUDAL ESTATE
IN PAN YU.
THE ACCORDING TO THE LOCAL GAZETTEER IN THE QING DYNASTY, FEUDAL ESTATE OF THE LI HOUSE ON LANTAU STILL EXISTED IN THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.
THE BOUNDARY STONE WAS DISCOVERED IN 1955 IN CHUNG HOU, MUI WO (ANOTHER IDENTICAL STONE WAS ALSO FOUND IN 1977 IN MAN KOK TSUI, LANTAU).
WITH ASSISTANCE FROM THE HONG KONG AND YAUMATI FERRY COMPANY LIMITED, THE STONE WAS HANDED TO THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH FOR PROTECTION.
WITH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE BUILDING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE STONE TOGETHER WITH AN EXPLANATORY PLAQUE WERE INSTALLED IN THE GARDEN OF THE MUI WO FERRY PIER RECENTLY.
GREAT CHANGES AHEAD FOR AP LEI CHAU
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THE SMALL ISLAND OF AP LEI CHAU IN ABERDEEN WILL SEE GREAT CHANGES AS A NUMBER OF MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ARE COMPLETED OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OFFICER, MR EDDY CHA', SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE AP LEI CHAU KAIFONG WELFARE ASSOCIATION, MR CHAN SAID THE ISLAND'S POPULATION WOULD BE BOOSTED WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE LEI TUNG ESTATE AND THE AP LE CHAU NORTH RECLAMATION PROGRAMME BY THE EARLY 1990'S.
+LEITUNG ESTATE A SELF-CONTAINED MODERN PUBLIC HOUSING AREA, WILL BECOME HOME FOR MORE THAN 40 000 PEOPLE, HE SAID.
+ IT WILL HAVE ITS OWN COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SCHOOLS, SHOPPING AND COOKED FOOD CENTRES, AND PUBLIC FACILITIES SUCH AS A POST OFFICE AND CAR PARKS.
*THE AP LEI CHAU NORTH RECLAMATION IS A LARGE-SCALE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT IN THREE PHASES, THE FIRST OF WHICH IS DUE TO START IN 1997.
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