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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1989
LEAFLET ON HK'S HERITAGE PUBLISHED
* * * * *
PUBLISHED BEING
A BILINGUAL LEAFLET ON HONG KONG'S HERITAGE HAS BEEN TO SERVE AS A GENERAL REFERENCE AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK UNDERTAKEN TO CONSERVE LOCAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND SITES.
LEAFLET, ENTITI ED
AND
ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND A MAP, THE "PROTECTING HONG KONG'S HERITAGE", IS PRODUCED BY THE ANTIQUITIES MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.
OF LOCATIONS TILE MAP INDICATES CLEARLY THE MONUMENTS IN HONG KONG'S AS AT THE END OF 1988.
THE 35
DECLARED
THE LEAFLET GAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF
BOARD
THE WORK AND
OF THE ANTIQUITIES ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY MONUMENTS OFFICE, WHICH IS THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE CONSERVING PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
М
ARE
OF
THE
AND
FOR
ACTIVITY SITES
KONG, THERE 'ALL OVER HONG
HUMAN RELICS
SPANNING SOME
RANGING 6,000 YEARS,
FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTAINING POTTERY AND STONE IMPLEMENTS OF THE PREHISTORIC REA TO SPLENDID TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS OF CHINESE AND WESTERN STYLES RECENT TIMES," THE LEAFLET'S INTRODUCTION STATED.
"SINCE 1976 THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT INTO EFFECT LAWS THAT THE BEST EXAMPLES OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE ARE PROTECTED FUTURE.
THE OF MORE
TO ENSURE
FOR
THE
RECORD, RESTORE
AND
EFFORTS OF THE THE IN DANGER OF BEING
ALLOCATED YEARLY "PUBLIC FUNDS ARE
TO AND THEM. IN DISPLAY
LEGISLATION SPITE OF
OFTEN STILL ARE GOVERNMENT, HISTORIC RELICS DESTROYED UNNECESSARILY, IN THE NAME OF 'PROGRESS'.
FROM CONTRIBUTIONS SECURE
THE COSTS OF MONUMENTS AND WE
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BEEN "RECENTLY, WE HAVE
то ABLE ORGANISATIONS TOWARDS PRIVATE OWNERS AND CHARITABLE
OF RESPECTABLE REPAIRING AND RESTORING A SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE,
NUMBER
THE LEAFLET ALSO EMPHASISED THAT HONG KONG'S
THE
AND ANTIQUITIES
HERITAGE
PEOPLE AND TO ITS
MONUMENTS OFFICE IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THIS AND THE NEED FOR ITS CONSERVATION.
BELONGS HAS AN HERITAGE
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HISTORICAL POSSESSION,
PUBLIC ARE 'MEMBERS OF THE
FEATURES
OR
RELICS,
ENCOURAGED OR TO DONATE
то
REPORT RELICS
ANY
KNOW IN THEIR
OFFICE WILL AWARD SUCH ACTS
IT
"THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS WITH A HANDSOME CERTIFICATE OF MERIT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, NOTED.
THE FOLLOWING THE LEAFLET IS NOW OBTAINABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT
MUSEUM OF
THE HISTORY, THE
SAM OFFICES: VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES,
WARE, THE ENQUIRY TUNG UK MUSEUM, THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE MUSEUM OF TEA COUNTERS OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AND VARIOUS LIBRARIES.
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