FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 1986
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SIGNIFICANCE OF PROTECTING HISTORICAL RELICS STRESSED
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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT HONG KONG'S WEALTH IN HISTORICAL RELICS BE PROPERLY PRESERVED AS PART OF THE TERRITORY'S PRECIOUS CULTURAL PROPERTIES, THE ASSISTANT CURATOR OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE, MR S.Y. YIM, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).
SPEAKING AT A LUNCHEON MEETING OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF HONG KONG ISLAND WEST, MR YIM SAID THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF HONG KONG APPEARED FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO AND A GREAT VARIETY OF RELICS OF DIFFERENT PERIODS SUCH AS POTSHERDS OF THE LATE NEOLITHIC PERIOD. STONE CARVINGS OF THE BRONZE AGE AND KILNS OF THE TANG DYNASTY WERE LEFT BEHIND.
+HONG KONG IS FAMOUS NOT ONLY AS A SHOPPING PARADISE BUT ALSO AS A PLACE OF HISTORICAL INTEREST AND SCENIC BEAUTY. THEREFORE THE PROTECTION OF HISTORICAL RELICS WILL, MORE OR LESS, HELP PROMOTE TOURISM, + HE POINTED OUT.
MR YIM SAID THAT THESE HISTORICAL RELICS CLEARLY REFLECTED THE HISTORY OF HONG KONG, PROVIDING VALUABLE MATERIALS FOR RESEARCH IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES.
HE CALLED ON MORE LOCAL ORGANISATIONS TO JOIN THE WORK IN PRESERVING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HONG KONG WHICH, +OUR DESCENDANTS WILL TAKE GREAT PRIDE TO LIVE IN+.
LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE UP-RAMP CLOSED *****
TO FACILITATE BRIDGE WORKS, THE WESTERN UP-RAMP LEADING TO LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE WILL BE TEMPORARILY CLOSED TO ALL TRAFFIC FROM 6 AM ON SUNDAY (AUGUST 24) TO 5.30 AM THE FOLLOWING DAY.
DURING THE CLOSURE, VEHICLES ON WESTBOUND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD AND LAI CHI KOK ROAD HEADING FOR KWA! CHUNG WILL HAVE TO TRAVEL ON KWAI CHUNG ROAD.
MOTORISTS FROM PO LUN STREET AND BROADWAY STREET OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN WILL BE DIVERTED TO EASTBOUND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, LAI CHI KOK ROAD, CHEUNG MOU STREET, CHEUNG SHUN STREET, CHEUNG LAI STREET, WESTBOUND CHEUNG SHA WAN ROAD, FLYOVER AND KWAI CHUNG ROAD.
THE EXISTING BUS STOPS OBSERVED BY WESTBOUND BUSES ON THE UNNAMED ROAD OUTSIDE THE GOOD WORLD RESTAURANT OF MEI FOO SUN CHUEN WILL BE SUSPENDED. A TEMPORARY BUS STOP WILL BE PROVIDED ON LAI CHI KOK BRIDGE AHEAD OF THE UP-RAMP.
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