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THE MEETING WILL BE ATTENDED BY SOME 19 MEMBERS OF THE ITCB, INCLUDING HONG KONG.
FRIDAY, "AY 18, 1990
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REPRESENTATIVES
FROM
NOTE TO EDITORS:
YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE OPENING OF THE 12TH COUNCIL SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES AND CLOTHING BUREAU THE HONG KONG CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE ON TUESDAY (MAY 22).
(ITCB) AT
MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES ARE REQUESTED TO REGISTER AT THE LEVEL 4 FOYER AT 9 AM.
WAN CHAI POST OFFICE GAZETTED AS MONUMENT
THE WAN CHAI POST OFFICE ON HONG KONG ISLAND WAS TODAY (FRIDAY) GAZETTED AS A HISTORICAL BUILDING UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE.
LOCATED AT THE JUNCTION OF QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND WAN CHAI GAP ROAD, THE WAN CHAI POST OFFICE IS THE OLDEST SURVIVING POST OFFICE IN HONG KONG.
THE L-SHAPED BUILDING WHICH HOUSED THE PRESENT WAN CHAI POST OFFICE WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1912 AND 1913.
IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THE BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AND DESIGNED AS A POST OFFICE. ACCORDING TO THE RECORD OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, IT WAS OPENED ON MARCH 1, 1915 AS THE WAN CHAI POST OFFICE.
THE HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE BUILDING LIES IN THE FACT THAT IT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY SERVING WAN CHAI RESIDENTS FOR MORE THAN 70 YEARS AND IN THE LINKS WHICH IT PROVIDES WITH THE TERRITORY'S EARLY DEVELOPMENT,
THE SMALL AND SIMPLE TWO-STOREY PITCHED-ROOF STRUCTURE, WHICH IS IN GENERALLY SOUND CONDITION, HAS BEEN MAINTAINED BY
THE GOVERNMENT FOR MANY YEARS.
IT HAS CHARM AND POSSESSES SOME ATTRACTIVE CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS THE STRIKING GABLED ENDS, AND THE NAME PLAQUES AND MOULDINGS.
THE POST OFFICE WAS FEATURED IN A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ISSUE ON HISTORICAL BUILDINGS IN 1985. IT HAS ALSO BEEN WELL PUBLICISED AS A BUILDING OF PARTICULAR HISTORICAL INTEREST.
TO TIE IN WITH THE QUEEN'S ROAD EAST WIDENING PROJECT, A MINOR ALTERATION INVOLVING THE REPOSITIONING OF THE FRONT STEPS TO ONE OF THE BUILDING WILL SOON BE CARRIED OUT.
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