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Friday, March 23, 1973

CASTLE FEAK CLINIC TO BE RENAMED TUEN MUN CLINIC

The Castle Peak Clinic is being renamed the Tuen Mun Clinic from

March 30 (Friday), according to a notice in the Gazette.

The change is the result of a decision by the Government that

the new town to be built in the area is to be named Tuen Mun.

The area known to the non-Chinese community as "Castle Peak" and

to most Chinese residents in the urban area as "Tsing Shan" is known

to rural folk in the New Territories as "Tuen Mun."

"Some confusion has arisen from the use of three different names

for the same area, and there is an obvious advantage in the use of a

single uniform name, a spokesman for the Medical and Health Department

explained.

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The name "Tuen Mun" is traditional, and believed to be of considerable

antiquity. It may date back to the early Sung Dynasty when a garrison

is thought to have been stationed in the area to protect merchant shipping

from pirates.

It is for this reason that the new town is being called Tuen Mun.

But the mountain called "Castle Peak" or "Tsing Shan" will not

be renamed, and it is also not proposed to change the name of the Castle

Peak Hospital.

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