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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1994
ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE TO HOLD OPEN DAYS
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MEMBERS OF THE
PUBLIC
PROGRAMMES DURING THE OPEN
WILL
OF DAYS
VARIOUS
BE OFFERED
INTERESTING THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS
OFFICE (AMO) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH FROM MAY 26 TO 28.
THE
EVENT
AROUSE
AWARENESS OF PUBLIC IS AIMED TO HERITAGE AND INTRODUCE THEM TO THE WORK OF AMO WHICH HAS BEEN TO PRESERVE HONG KONG'S HERITAGE SINCE 1976.
LOCAL SET UP
THE OFFICE IS NOW HOUSED IN THE BUILDING OF THE FORMER BRITISH SCHOOL.
KOWLOON
BUILDING WAS A TYPICAL SCHOOL BUILDING IN
THE THE AMO SAID A SPOKESMAN FOR VICTORIAN STRUCTURE AND WAS THE OLDEST SURVIVING
THE TERRITORY.
LECTURES ON HISTORICAL THE THREE-DAY PROGRAMMES WILL INCLUDE
DEMONSTRATION OF TRADITIONAL STRUCTURES, ARCHAEOLOGY AND EDUCATION;
SHOWS ON RESTORATION CRAFTSMANSHIP AND ARTEFACT CONSERVATION; VIDEO PROJECTS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS; AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORKSHOPS.
GUIDED TOURS TO THE BUILDING WILL ALSO BE ORGANISED.
ALL ACTIVITIES WILL BE OPEN TO FIRST-SERVED BASIS.
THE PUBLIC ON A FIRST-COME,
DISCOVERY AT
IN ADDITION, AN EXHIBITION ON THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL CHEK LAP KOK WILL GO ON AT AMO FROM MAY 7 TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
THE OPENING HOURS FOR THE OPEN DAYS ARE :
MAY 26 (THURSDAY)
9.30 AM 2.30 PM
12.30 PM
5
PM
MAY 27 (FRIDAY)
MAY 28 (SATURDAY)
THE AMO
IS
LOCATED
ENQUIRIES CAN BE MADE ON 721
9.30 AM 2.30 PM
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136 NATHAN
ROAD,
2326.
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12.30 PM 5.30 PM
NOON
KOWLOON.
FURTHER
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