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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1976

+HOWEVER, SINCE MANY OF THE DESIGNS IN THE ROCK CARVINGS RESEMBLE PATTERNS ON POTTERY AND METAL ARTEFACTS OF THE BRONZE AGE, IT IS LIKELY THAT THEY ARE CONTEMPORARY.

+ IT WOULD NOT THEREFORE BE UNREASONABLE TO ESTIMATE THAT THEY WERE PRODUCED AS EARLY AS THE FIRST MILLENNIUM B.C.

+SINCE THEY ARE THE ONLY VISIBLE MONUMENTS OF HONG KONG'S PREHISTORIC PAST, THEY ARE OF VERY GREAT CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, HE ADDED.

MR. PEACOCK SAID THAT SIMILAR CARVINGS WERE EXTREMELY RARE ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,

+THUS, HE POINTED OUT, THE CARVINGS ARE ALSO IMPORTANT AS FAR AS THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION IS CONCERNED.+

MR.

WHEN ASKED WHETHER THE SIX CARVINGS RESEMBLE EACH OTHER, PEACOCK SAID FIVE OF THEM SHOWED SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS.

+THE ONE AT TUNG LUNG IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT IS LESS GEOMETRIC,+ HE STATED.

ON THE FUTURE OF THESE ROCK CARVINGS, HE POINTED OUT, +CONSIDERABLE WORK IS NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THEIR EXISTENCE.+

AT PRESENT, HE INDICATED, THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO PREVENT EROSION AND STOP WATER FROM SEEPING THROUGH CREVICES IN THE MONUMENTS WAS BEING INVESTIGATED.

+THE FINAL SOLUTION FOR THEIR PRESERVATION WOULD, OF COURSE, HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL, + HE ADDED.

STREET CLOSURE

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WAI YIP STREET BETWEEN KWUN TONG ROAD AND SIU YIP STREET IN KWUN TONG WILL BE CLOSED BETWEEN 11 P.M. AND 6 A.M. FROM SEPTEMBER 28 TO 30.

THE CLOSURE IS NECESSARY TO ENABLE A FLYOVER TO BE CONSTRUCTED ACROSS WAI YIP STREET TO THE WEST OF THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY KOWLOON DEPOT SITE.

ROAD.

MOTORISTS AFFECTED BY THE ABOVE CLOSURE SHOULD USE KWUN TONG

TRAFFIC SIGNS WILL BE POSTED TO GUIDE MOTORISTS.

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