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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1989
THE
YEAR OF
EMPEROR QIAN LONG PROPERTY. THIS WOULD SUGGEST
A TITLE DEED DATED THE 32ND (1768) WAS SAID TO BE RELATED TO THE THAT THE HOUSE WAS MORE THAN 200 YEARS OLD.
THE
UNTIL THE LATE 1940'S CHAI WAN WAS A FARMING AREA WITH
HAVE SINCE LONG-ESTABLISHED HAKKA VILLAGES WHICH
ONLY ONE OF DEVELOPMENT. NOW LAW UK IS HOUSES LEFT INTACT IN CHAI WAN.
SEVERAL BEEN CLEARED FOR THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS A STRUCTURE WITH A MAIN ROOM. SIDE DOOR-FRAME, AND A TILED ROOF.
TYPICAL ROOMS
MEDIUM-SIZED STONE FOOTINGS
AND
HAKKA-STYLE GRANITE
OF THE
HOUSE.
THE
FOLK
IN VIEW OF THE HISTORICAL INTEREST GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO RESUME THE BUILDING AND CONVERT IT INTO A
SAME TIME FOR MUSEUM, WHILE THE SURROUNDING AREA WAS RESUMED AT THE
BY THE DEVELOPMENT INTO A REST GARDEN. BOTH OF THESE WILL BE MANAGED URBAN COUNCIL.
RESUMPTION AND CLEARANCE
THE SITE TOOK PLACE IN 1987. RESTORATION OF THE OLD HOUSE STARTED LAST YEAR AND HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
OF
AN PROPERLY RESTORED IN THE TRADITIONAL LOCAL STYLE, LAW UK IS
AN AUTHENTIC ATTRACTIVE BUILDING AND
EXAMPLE OF EARLY HONG KONG
VILLAGES.
FACTORIES FINED FOR DARK SMOKE EMISSIONS
* * * * *
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (EPD) TODAY (FRIDAY) REMINDED ALL FACTORY OWNERS TO PROPERLY MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THEIR FURNACES AND CHIMNEYS TO PREVENT DARK SMOKE EMISSIONS.
A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT THAT A FACTORY IN TSUEN WAN HAD BEEN FINED A TOTAL OF $12.500 FOR THREE CONSECUTIVE DARK SMOKE OFFENCES AND A DYEING FACTORY IN KWAI CHUNG HAD BEEN PENALISED $8.000 FOR ONE OFFENCE. THE PENALTIES WERE IMPOSED IN THE TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY ON WEDNESDAY,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE MAXIMUM FINE UNDER THE PRESENT AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (SMOKE) REGULATIONS WAS $5.000.
THE FENALTY OF $8,000 IN THE SECOND CASE HAD INCLUDED COURT COSTS OF $3,000.
IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS, FIVE OTHER CASES INVOLVING EMISSION OF DARK SMOKE CASES WERE HEARD IN THE TSUEN WAN MAGISTRACY. CONVICTIONS WERE ENTERED IN ALL CASES AND THE FINES IMPOSED, INCLUDING COSTS, EXCEEDED $5,000.
THE SPOKESMAN