THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1977
+THE ERECTION OF THE MEMORIAL ON A NEW SITE AND THE PLAN TO PLACE A NEW CAPSULE IN IT IS AN IMAGINATIVE CEREMONY TO MARK THE END OF SILVER JUBILEE YEAR IN HONG KONG.
+IT GIVES ME MUCH PLEASURE TO SEND MY WARM GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG.+
IN ADDITION TO THE CONTENTS OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER THE NEW CAPSULE INCLUDED COPIES OF THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST AND WAH KIU YAT PAO, A COPY OF THE QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE SOUVENIR PROGRAMME, HONG KONG'S QUEEN'S SILVER JUBILEE COMMEMORATIVE STAMP ISSUE WITH COVER, A FULL SET OF CURRENT HONG KONG COINS, A 1977 HONG KONG STREET GUIDE AND PHOTOGRAPHS AND A MAP SHOWING THE MEMORIAL IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION ALONG WITH A DESCRIPTION OF ITS HISTORY.
THE CONTENTS OF THE CAPSULE FIRST PLACED IN THE MEMORIAL TO MARK QUEEN VICTORIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE WERE ON DISPLAY AT THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY, STAR HOUSE, KOWLOON UNTIL LAST TUESDAY (DECEMBER 20).
THEY INCLUDED CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH OR CHINESE LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS AND COINS OF THE PERIOD.
IN A SHORT CEREMONY OF REDEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL AT THE JUNCTION OF MOUNT DAVIS ROAD AND VICTORIA ROAD SIR DENYS SAID:
+ IT SEEMED APPROPRIATE TO REPLACE THE TIME CAPSULE AND 1 THEREFORE DECIDED THAT A NEW AND LARGER CAPSULE CONTAINING BOTH THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS AND ITEMS RELATED TO 1977 AND TO THE SILVER JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED.+
SIR DENYS PAID TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAD HELPED PRESERVED THE CONTENTS OF THE ORIGINAL CONTAINER AS WELL AS MAKING A NEW CAPSULE AND COLLECTING AND PREPARING THE PRESENT DAY OBJECTS TO BE PLACED INSIDE.
SPECIAL THANKS WENT TO THE CURATOR OF THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY, MR. BRIAN PEACOCK, PROFESSOR DOUGLAS PAYNE AND PROFESSOR ANTONY REYNOLDS OF HONG KONG UNIVERSITY AND TO THE GOVERNMENT ARCHIVIST MR.
IAN DIAMOND WHO PREPARED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE HISTORY AND DISCOVERY OF THE ORIGINAL TIME CAPSULE.
EXPERTS SAY THE ARGON GAS FILLED CAPSULE COULD LAST 10,000
YEARS.
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF SIR DENYS' SPEECH DELIVERED AT THE REDEDICATION CEREMONY:
+ THE VICTORIA ROAD MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED AT ITS ORIGINAL SITE AT THE EASTERN END OF VICTORIA ROAD IN 1897, TO MARK QUEEN VICTORIA'S DIAMOND JUBILEE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS BRIEF CEREMONY IS TO REDEDICATE THE MEMORIAL AT ITS NEW SITE HERE, AT THE JUNCTION OF VICTORIA ROAD AND MOUNT DAVIS ROAD. IT WILL ALSO MARK THE END OF HONG KONG'S CELEBRATIONS IN HONOUR OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II'S SILVER JUBILEE.
/+WHEN THE ............
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