FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1:06
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THE SHOW IS ONE OF A SERIES OF PUBLICITY ACTIVITIES ORGANISED BY THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY.
THESE INCLUDED A SEVEN-MONTH RADIO SERIES ON RTHK'S RADIO I, AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY WEEK ON TVB'S ENJOY YOURSELF TONIGHT SHOW, A TV DOCUMENTARY ON RTHK'S COMMON SENSE PROGRAMME, VARIOUS QUIZZÉS, SLOGAN AND POSTER DESIGN COMPETITIONS, TV AND RADIO API'S (ANNOUNCEMENT OF PUBLIC INTEREST), AND THE DISPLAY OF POSTERS.
DISPLAY MATERIALS AT THE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY TRAINING CENTRE WHICH HAS MOVED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S HEADQUARTERS IN HARBOUR BUILDING HAVE BEEN UPDATED.
ALSO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LARGE NUMBER OF VISITORS AND PEOPLE ATTENDING SAFETY COURSES AT THE CENTRE IS THE ADDITION OF MODERN AUDIO-VISUAL EQUIPMENT.
NEXT MONTH, THE DEPARTMENT WILL STAGE A LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH EXHIBITION AT THE NEW WORLD PLAZA IN TSIM SHA TSUI.
PREHISTORIC KILN UNCOVERED AT YUNG LONG
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THE GOVERNMENT-COMMISSIONED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TEAM WHICH HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING REMAINS AT YUNG LONG ON THE COAST OF DEEP BAY SINCE EARLY DECEMBER, IS NOW ENTERING A CRITICAL STAGE OF ITS EXCAVATION AS IT IS WORKING ROUND WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE A PREHISTORIC KILN.
THE PRESENT EXCAVATION APPEARS TO CONFIRM THE EARLIER EVALUATION THERE WAS AN UNDISTURBED STRATUM APPARENTLY DATING TO THE LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD CONTAINING TRACES OF A KILN AND ASSOCIATED KILN FURNITURE OF THAT TIME.
AS THE PRESENT EXCAVATION PROCEEDS, MORE AND MORE IS BEING REVEALED OF THE ANCIENT KILN STRUCTURE AND THE ARTEFACTS WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
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THE DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION, MR BRIAN PEACOCK SAID: +KILN DEBRIS AND FURNITURE VERY SIMILAR TO THAT FROM YUNG LONG HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM OTHER ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN HONG KONG, BUT UP TO NOW, NO STRUCTURES SIMILAR TO THIS ONE HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED.+
MR PEACOCK SAID THAT THE TEAM WAS CONFIDENT THAT THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF THE FINDS FROM THE EXCAVATION SHOULD PERMIT A PARTICULARLY ACCURATE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE KILN AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN WHICH IT WAS INVOLVED.
THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL