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HISTORICAL BUILDING IN NT TO BE RESTORED
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WORK IS NOW IN HAND TO RESTORE "TAI FU TAI", OTHERWISE AS THE MANDARIN'S RESIDENCE, TO ITS FORMER SPLENDOUR, THANKS $2.5 MILLION DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.
KNOWN ΤΟ A
BUILDING
PROTECTION OF THE 10, 1987. IT HAS LONG
BUILT IN 1865 AND LOCATED AT SAN TIN, YUEN LONG, THE WAS GAZETTED AS AN HISTORICAL BUILDING UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE ON JULY BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD ΤΟ BE THE MOST IMPORTANT HISTORICAL BUILDING IN THE TERRITORY.
THE ARCHITECTURAL DECORATION IS ELABORATE AND OF SUPERB QUALITY. BOTH THE FACADE AND THE INTERNAL WALLS ARE ORNAMENTED WITH MURALS AND TERRA-COTTA MOULDINGS, AND SOME FINE STAINED GLASS REMAINS IN THE WINDOWS AND ABOVE THE ARCHED DOORWAYS.
EXQUISITE CERAMIC DECORATIONS ON THE ROOF RIDGE OF THE FRONT HALL WERE MANUFACTURED AT SHEK WAN, GUANGDONG.
TWO HONORIFIC BOARDS, THE ONLY ONES OF THEIR KIND IN THE TERRITORY, WERE BESTOWED
THE PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS OF MAN
ON
CHUNG-LUEN IN 1875 BY THE QING EMPEROR.
THEIR
EXQUISITELY CARVED AND INSCRIBED WITH BOTH CHINESE AND MANCHU CHARACTERS, THE BOARDS HAVE BERN TEMPORARILY REMOVED POSITION ABOVE THE MAIN DOOR FOR CONSERVATION TREATMENT.
FROM
WAH CHEUNG AN HISTORICAL OWNERS WHOSE
WITH THE FULL CO-OPERATION OF THE MANAGERS OF MAN
DECLARED TONG, THIS UNIQUE, PRIVATELY-OWNED HOUSE WAS BUILDING AFTER SUCCESSFUL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OVER THE PREMISES HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER SITE.
A CONTRACT FOR THE RESTORATION PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO YAN LEE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE WORK WILL ВВ COMPLETED IN SIX MONTHS' TIME.
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