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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1977

ANCIENT JAR TO BE HANDED OVER TO

GOVERNMENT FOR CONSERVATION *****

THE ANCIENT STONEWARE JAR, FOUND BY VILLAGERS AT SHIU HANG TSUEN IN TUEN MUN SOME MONTHS AGO, WILL BE OFFICIALLY HANDED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT FOR CONSERVATION AT A CEREMONY ON MONDAY (DECEMBER 5).

THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, WHO IS THE AUTHORITY FOR ANTIQUITIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, WILL RECEIVE THE JAR FROM MR. LAU WONG-FAT, CHAIRMAN OF THE TUEN MUN RURAL COMMITTEE.

MR. AKERS-JONES WILL ALSO PRESENT CERTIFICATES OF MERIT TO THE FOUR VILLAGERS WHO DISCOVERED THE JAR, WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A LATE TANG DYNASTY FUNERAL URN.

THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT THE SHIU HANG TSUEN VILLAGE OFFICE AT 10.45 A.M. ON MONDAY,

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SEND A REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER TO COVER THE CEREMONY.

TRANSPORT FOR THE PRESS WILL BE PROVIDED. A GOVERNMENT VAN, AM2088, WILL LEAVE FROM BEHIND THE TSIM SHA TSUI POST OFFICE AT 9 A.M. ON MONDAY TO TAKE PRESS REPRESENTATIVES TO AND LATER BACK FROM TUEN MUN.

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