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TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1977

THE REST OF THE SCHEME TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION

IN MID-LEVELS INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SERIES OF ELEVATED ROADS AT THE CRITICAL ROBINSON ROAD JUNCTIONS WITH OLD

PEAK ROAD AND GLENEALY, AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN CROSSING FACILITIES AND WIDENING OF PARTS OF ROBINSON ROAD.

MR. CHOW SAID P.W.D. PLANNERS HAD PAID SPECIAL ATTENTION

TO SCHOOL TRAFFIC IN THE AREA AND ADEQUATE SETTING DOWN

BAYS AND GRADE SEPARATED CROSSING FACILITIES WOULD BE PROVIDED ALONG WITH U-TURN FACILITIES,

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT BOTH THESE PROJECTS WILL BE COMPLETED BY 1979.

REPAIR WORK ON TWO HISTORICAL LANDMARKS COMPLETED ******

THE TIN HAU TEMPLE AT SOK KWU WAN, SOUTH LAMMA, AND THE TUNG CHUNG FORT ON LANTAU ISLAND HAVE BEEN GIVEN A FACELIFT UNDER A GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME TO REPAIR THREE HISTORICAL LANDMARKS IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

REPAIR WORK ON THE THIRD HISTORICAL LANDMARK, THE HAU WONG TEMPLE AT TUNG CHUNG, IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

DISCLOSING THIS TODAY, THE ASSISTANT DISTRICT OFFICER, ISLANDS, MR. THOMAS CHAN, SAID THAT A +RE-OPENING+ CEREMONY OF THE TIN HAU TEMPLE WOULD BE HELD EARLY NEXT MONTH.

THE TEMPLE IS MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD AND RECORDS SHOW THAT IN 1898 IT WAS ONE OF THE FEW STRUCTURES IN WHAT IS NOW THE BUSY FISHING VILLAGE OF SOK KWU WAN.

THE TEMPLE IS USED QUITE EXTENSIVELY AND PARTICULARLY AT THE TIME OF THE TIN HAU FESTIVAL WHEN A LARGE NUMBER OF JUNKS CONGREGATE IN SOK KWU WAN.

THE TUNG CHUNG FORT, WITH ITS SIX OLD CANNONS POINTING OUT TO SEA, HAS LONG BEEN A HONG KONG ATTRACTION FOR HISTORIANS AND TOURISTS.

IT WAS FIRST BUILT IN 1817 AS A PROTECTION AGAINST THE PIRATES WHO TERRORISED THE COASTLINE AT THAT TIME.

MR. CHAN POINTED OUT THAT DURING THE REPAIR WORK AN ATTEMPT HAD BEEN MADE TO USE AS MUCH ORIGINAL STONES AS POSSIBLE SO THAT THE HISTORY AND ORIGINAL APPEARANCE OF THE FORT COULD BE MAINTAINED.

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