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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1988
COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, PARAGRAPHS 15.1 - 15.8
NOTE TO EDITORS:
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES COVERING THE OPEN HEARINGS ARE
REQUESTED TO BRING ALONG WITH THEM A COPY OF THE DIRECTOR OF AUDIT'S REPORT WHICH WAS ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 16.
GOVERNOR PRAISES TAI FU TAI RESTORATION
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, TODAY (SATURDAY) OFFICIATED THE REHABILITATION CEREMONY OF TAI FU TAI IN SAN TIN, YUEN LONG, WHICH HE CALLED ONE OF HONG KONG'S MOST BEAUTIFULLY-EMBELLISHED TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS.
SIR DAVID SAID THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES TAI FU TAI WERE UNIQUE, FORMING AS THEY DID WESTERN AND CHINESE MOTIFS.
AND DECORATIONS OF A SKILFUL BLEND OF
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IN THIS WAY THE BUILDING IS SOMEWHAT ITSELF," SIR DAVID ADDED.
SYMBOLIC OF HONG KONG
NOTING THAT THE MANAGERS OF THE MAN WAH CHEUNG TONG HAD CONSENTED TO DECLARE THE BUILDING A MONUMENT FOR PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC DISPLAY, SIR DAVID PRAISED THEIR GENEROUS SPIRIT IN SHARING T SPLENDOUR OF THE BUILDING WITH THE PEOPLE.
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"THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT RO ENCOURAGING THIS DEVELOPMENT," SIR DAVID SAID.
A $2.5 MILLION DONATION FROM THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB WAS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN MAKING A REALITY THE RESTORATION OF THE BUILDING FOR THE ENJOYMENT AND ENRICHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY, GOVERNOR ADDED.
TAI FU TAI WAS BUILT BY MR MAN CHUNG-LUEN IN 1865.
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