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LEFT LARGELY "AS THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN HONG KONG, IT IS THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS.
"NEVERTHELESS, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO SENSITIVITY AND GOOD COMMON SENSE AND TO OF SELF REGULATION WHEREVER THIS NENDICK SAID.
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POSSIBLE AND
ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD REPORT TABLED
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MANY PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED WHEN THEY LEARN HOW MUCH REMAINS ΤΟ REMIND US OF THE STORY OF HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN AND AROUND HONG KONG, THE HON EDWARD HO SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL WHEN HE TABLED THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD (AAB) REPORT FOR 1988 AND 1989.
MR HO, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE AAB, SAID HISTORICAL RELICS RANGED FROM THE SITES OF PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT OVER 6,000 YEARS
OLD, TO BUILDINGS PUT UP LESS THAN 60 YEARS AGO, DISPLAYING ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WHICH HAD ALL DISAPPEARED FROM THE TERRITORY'S CONCRETE JUNGLE.
"THE BOARD HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CONSERVING HONG KONG'S HERITAGE BY ADVISING ON WHICH SITES AND STRUCTURES MERIT DECLARATION AS PROTECTED MONUMENTS SINCE 1976.
"SEVEN MONUMENTS WERE DECLARED INCLUDING THE KUN LUNG GATE HOUSE IN FANLING, THE YEUNG HAU KUNG IN YUEN LONG AND THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE AND THE FORMER FRENCH MISSION BUILDING IN CENTRAL IN 1988 AND
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1989, HE SAID.
MR HO POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD HAD ALSO EXPANDED ITS WORK то GRADE VARIOUS TYPES OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS, TO INCREASE EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY WORK, AND TO SYSTEMATISE REPORTING ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS.
HE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB FOR ITS GENEROUS DONATION TO SUPPORT THE RESTORATION WORKS OF TAI FU TAI IN SHA TIN AND KUN TING STUDY HALL IN YUEN LONG AND URGED EMULATION BY OTHER ORGANISATIONS.
"DESPITE THE INEVITABLE DISAPPOINTMENTS WHEN PARTS OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE ARE SWEPT AWAY BY DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD REMAINS COMMITTED TO PLAYING ITS PART IN PRESERVING FOR THE COMMUNITY THESE TANGIBLE REMINDERS OF OUR HISTORY AND TRADITIONS, MR HO ADDED.
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/THE AAB