SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS GO ON SHOW AT PRESS CONFERENCE
WILL
HOLDS
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM A SITE IN YUNG LONG, TUEN MUN,
(JULY 20) WHEN THE ANTIQUITIES BE ON DISPLAY FOR THE MEDIA ON TUESDAY AND MONUMENTS OFFICE (AMO) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE RESCUE EXCAVATION.
COMPLETED THE EXCAVATION UNDERTAKEN IN SIX MONTHS AND WAS ONLY IN MARCH THIS YEAR WAS FULLY FUNDED BY CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO LTD WHICH PROVIDED CASH DONATION AND OTHER SUPPORTING FACILITIES TOTALLING $1.1 MILLION.
REMAINS
THE EXCAVATION REVEALED TWO UNDISTURBED CULTURAL DEPOSITS.
B.C. WHICH
OLDEST IS THE EARLIER ONE
BACK TO ABOUT 4000 DATES
LATER NEOLITHIC DEPOSIT
THE
THE
IN HONG KONG. ARCHAEOLOGICAL (ABOUT 2500 BC) IS EXCEPTIONALLY RICH.
THE SITE AT YUNG LONG WAS RATED IN A TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN HONG KONG.
THE OTHER FOUR BEING LUNG KWỤ TAN, LUNG KWU SHEUNG WAN ON LAMMA ISLAND AND CHEUNG SHA ON LANTAU.
AS
TAN, SHAM
ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:
THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES 80, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD, MR DAVID LUNG WILL AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE
THE SPRAK
CONFERENCE STARTS AT 3 PM ON TUESDAY (JULY 20) AT THE EXHIBITION HALL AT 136 NATHAN ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.
AMO
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
HUNG HOM STREET AND LANES RECONSTRUCTION
THE GOVERNMENT PORPOSES TO RECONSTRUCT WA FUNG STREET NEARBY SCAVENGING LANES IN HUNG HOM.
AND THE
THE
PROJECT
COMPRISES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING
ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE CARRIAGEWAY, FOOTWAY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE UNDERGROUND SERVICES.
AND
WA FUNG STREET AND THE NEARBY MULTIPLE-SUBDIVIDED OWNERSHIP AND ARE IN POOR CONDITION, RISE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND ACCESS PROBLEMS.
LANES
ARE UNDER THUS GIVING
THE RESUMPTION OF THE PRIVATE STREET AND LANES IS NECESSARY ENSURE THEIR PROPER MAINTENANCE AND USE.
TO
/THE IMPROVEMENT