THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1990
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EXCO DECISION ON MONUMENTS WELCOMED
MEMBERS OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD (AAB) TODAY (THURSDAY) WELCOMED THE RECENT DECISIONS BY THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ΤΟ DECLARE FOUR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS AS MONUMENTS.
RAILWAY CLOCK TOWER
THE BUILDINGS ARE THE OLD KOWLOON-CANTON IN TSIM SHA TSUI, THE OLD PATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT CAINE LANE, THE WAN CHAI POST OFFICE IN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND THE WESTERN MARKET AT THE JUNCTION OF DES VOEUX ROAD CENTRAL AND CONNAUGHT ROAD CENTRAL.
THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CLOCK TOWER WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1915 AS PART OF THE FORMER RAILWAY STATION,
THE OLD PATHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1905 ΤΟ HOUSE HONG KONG'S FIRST BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.
THE WAN CHAI POST OFFICE HAS BEEN USED AS A POST OFFICE SINCE 1915, AND WAS GAZETTED AS A MONUMENT UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE LAST MONTH.' IT WILL SHORTLY BECOME AN ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCE CENTRE.
THE WESTERN MARKET WILL BE RENOVATED BY THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND USED TO ACCOMMODATE A TRADITIONAL MARKET AND VENUE FOR CRAFT ACTIVITIES.
AT THEIR MEETING TODAY, THE AAB MEMBERS ALSO WELCOMED THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB'S DONATION OF $2.35 MILLION FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE TANG CHUNG LING ANCESTRAL HALL AT TSZ TONG TSUEN, FANLING.
THE ANCESTRAL HALL, ONE OF THE OLDEST ANCESTRAL HALLS IN THE TERRITORY, IS A LARGE BUILDING WITH THREE HALLS AND TWO COURTYARDS.
IT HAS BEEN USED BY THE TANGS OF LUNG YEUK TAU FOR ANCESTRAL WORSHIP AND AS A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR FESTIVALS AND CEREMONIES FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS, AND IS PARTICULARLY NOTEWORTHY FOR THE EXCELLENT CARVING OF ITS WOODEN BEAMS, BRACKETS AND EAVES BOARDS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL BE WELCOME TO VISIT THE HALL ON COMPLETION OF THE RESTORATION WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT SOON BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
MEMBERS OF THE AAB ALSO RECOMMENDED THE DECLARATION OF THE HISTORICAL KANG YUNG SHU UK IN SHA TAU KOK AS A MONUMENT.
THE BUILDING IS A SIMPLE HAKKA STUDY HALL WHICH WAS USED BY THE LI CLAN OF WO HANG VILLAGE AS A SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN 120 YEARS.
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