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SUNDAY, JUNI 9, 1991
COMRADES
THEN 22-YEAR-OLD, AS A PRIVATE, CHOW WAS MOBILISED WITH HIS OF NO. 3 COMPANY ON DECEMBER 8, 1941.
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ON DECEMBER 18, WHILE ENGAGING THE JAPANESE BITTER FIGHT, THE COMPANY WAS DISPERSED AND HE WAS SEPARATED FROM REST OF HIS COMPANY.
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HE WAS FORCED TO JOIN THE CORPS' HEADQUARTERS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR, AFTER WHICH HE JOINED THE BRITISH ARMY GROUP IN CHINA.
AS AN ENGINEER BY PROFESSION, CHOW WAS LATER TRANSFERRED WORK FOR THE AMERICANS IN LAYING AN AIRFIELD.
SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WAS EVACUATED FROM GUILIN KUNMING UNTIL JAPANESE SURRENDER IN AUGUST 1945.
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AND STAYED IN
THE MEDALS PRESENTED TO HIM TODAY INCLUDED A 39/45 STAR, PACIFIC STAR, A WAR MEDAL AND A DEFENCE MEDAL.
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GOVT AND AAB KEEN ON HERITAGE PRESERVATION
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BOARD (AAB) ARE
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THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY KEEN ON PRESERVING VARIOUS EXAMPLES OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE, AND UP TO NOW 44 BUILDINGS AND SITES HAVE BEEN MONUMENTS BY THE BOARD.
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SPEAKING AT A CEREMONY TO MARK THE COMPLETION OF A PROGRAMME FOR THE KUN TING STUDY HALL IN PING SHAN, (SUNDAY), THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AAB, MR EDWARD HO, SAID
ITS THA'T APPRECIATION THE HAD DEMONSTRATED
SIGNIFICANCE NOT JUST TO FELLOW CLAN MEMBERS,
KONG RESIDENTS,
AND DECLARED AS
THE HERITAGE BUT ALSO то
RESTORATION LONG TODAY TANG CLAN WAS OF ALL HONG
THE STUDY HALL MANAGEMENT AS A MONUMENT, SINCE OF ITS TYPE, HE
"THE AAB IS PLEASED TO LEARN THAT HAS AGREED TO THE DECLARATION OF THE BUILDING THE KUN TING STUDY HALL IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE SAID.
RESIDENTS ΤΟ PRESERVE IN A BID TO ENCOURAGE EFFORTS BY LOCAL
BOTH THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR HERITAGE, A $15 MILLION FUNDING FROM
ΤΟ INJECTED BEEN
START A RESTORATION HAD SPONSORSHIP PRIVATE PROGRAMME OF ANOTHER FIVE HISTORICAL BUILDINGS EARLY THIS YEAR, MR ADDED.
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KENNETH CHAN; MANAGERS OF
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CHAIRMAN OF ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S CEREMONY WERE THE
MR GORDON MACWHINNIE, AND ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB (RHKJC),
CULTURE, MR JAMES MACWHINNIE; THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, MR HEAD OF TANG SHUNG TAK TONG, MR TANG KAI-KWONG; AND TONG, MESSRS TANG NA]-MAN AND TANG CHUN-HUNG,
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