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Thursday, June 29, 1972

OPENING OF TIN HAU TEMPLE, TAI O

A double celebration is to take place at Tai O on Lantau

Island tomorrow. The 260th anniversary of the Tin Hau Temple at San Tauen

will also be marked by the official opening of the reconstructed temple,

The temple was repaired at a cost of about $70,000. It is one

of the two oldest temples in Tai O and has considerable historical.

significance to the fishing community there.

A spokesman for the District Office, Islands said that as the

local villagers attached great importance to the temple they had raised,

despite their meagre income, some $12,000 towards its repairs. $58,000

was granted by the Chinese Temples Committee.

Tomorrow, Mr. Chau Li-ping, a member of the Chinese Temples

Committee and Mr. Mayer Ng Chak-lam, District Officer, Islands will jointly

officiate at the ceremony.

Note to Editors:

You are invited to send a reporter and/or photographer to cover the ceremony. Press representatives are requested to take the 9.30 a.m. Hong Kong & Yaumati Ferry from Hong Kong to Mui Wo. A special bus has been arranged. at Mui Wo at 10.30 a.m. to take them to the Temple. Lunch will be provided by the Tai O Rural Committee.

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