TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1987
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NULLAH DECKING TURNED INTO AMENITY PLOTS
ABOUT 2,300 SQUARE METRES OF NULLAH DECKING IN SHAM SHUI PO WILL BE TURNED INTO AMENITY PLOTS TO IMPROVE THE AREA'S ENVIRONMENT.
LOCATED AT THE SECTION OF HING WAH STREET BETWEEN PO ON ROAD AND FUK WA STREET, THE DECKING WILL BE DEVELOPED INTO VISUAL AMENITY PLOTS WITH RAISED PLANTERS.
WORK IS EXPECTED TO START NEXT MONTH AND BE COMPLETED IN JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS INVITING TENDERS FOR THE PROJECT WHICH SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY NOON ON AUGUST 28.
SURVEY OF HISTORICAL RURAL ARCHITECTURE
SERVICES
THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL
SURVEY OF HISTORICAL RURAL
BRANCH IS BEGINNING ITS 10TH ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.
THIS YEAR'S SURVEY COVERS SAN TIN, YUEN LONG ONE OF THE MOST HISTORICAL AREAS IN THE TERRITORY. THE MANS, THE DOMINANT CLAN THERE, BEGAN TO SETTLE IN SAN TIN AS EARLY AS THE 15TH CENTURY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SURVEY IS TO RECORD THE SOCIAL SETTING, THE TRADITION AND THE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN THE AREA FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF HONG KONG'S CULTURAL PAST BEFORE THEY COMPLETELY DISAPPEAR DUE ΤΟ REDEVELOPMENT AND
URBANISATION.
EIGHT STUDENTS FROM THE TWO MAJORING IN ARCHITECTURE, HISTORY AND TWO MONTHS TO CARRY OUT THE SURVEY,
BY THE END OF THE PROJECT, THEY WRITTEN REPORT WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
UNIVERSITIES IN HONG KONG, GEOGRAPHY, ARE EMPLOYED FOR
ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A PHOTOGRAPHS, SITE PLANS AND
THE SURVEY IS SUPPORTED BY REPRESENTATIVES WHO NOT ONLY INTRODUCE THE AND CUSTOMS OF THE AREA BUT ALSO PROVIDE REFERENCE.
THE CONCERNED VILLAGE STUDENTS TO THE HISTORY SOME ARCHIVES FOR THEIR
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