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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1979

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COMMEMORATIVE STONE RESITED

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WHEN HIRAM'S HIGHWAY WAS BUILT SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR, A STONE COMMEMORATING THE EVENT WAS LAID BY SOLDIERS OF THE 42ND COMMANDO, ROYAL MARINES WHO HAD CONSTRUCTED THE HIGHWAY WITH THE HELP OF LOCAL LABOUR AND JAPANESE WAR PRISONERS.

WITH SAI KUNG NOW OPENING UP INCREASINGLY FOR RECREATION, THE NEED FOR NEW ROADS HAS DEVELOPED AND A SECTION OF ONE SUCH ROAD IS TO RUN PARALLEL WITH THE EXISTING CLEARWATER BAY ROAD FROM PIK UK TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE HIRAM'S HIGHWAY,

HOWEVER, THERE WAS A SMALL PROBLEM THE COMMEMORATIVE STONE LAID DIRECTLY IN THE PATH OF THIS PLANNED NEW ROAD. SO A NEW LOCATION HAD TO BE FOUND FOR IT.

THIS (TUESDAY) AFTERNOON, A CEREMONY MARKING THE RESITING OF THE STONE À SHORT DISTANCE AWAY WAS HELD AT THE HIRAM'S HIGHWAY, ATTENDED BY THE SAI KUNG DISTRICT OFFICER, MR. COLIN BOSHER- COMMANDING OFFICER OF 42ND COMMANDO, ROYAL MARINES, LIEUTENANT- COLONEL HENRY BEVERLEY OFFICIALS OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND SOME OF THE OLD RESIDENTS OF SAI KUNG WHO HAD WORKED WITH THE COMMANDO AND THE JAPANESE ON CONSTRUCTING THE HIGHWAY.

ALSO PRESENT WAS POLICE INSPECTOR CHRISTOPHER WYNNE-POTTS, WHOSE FATHER, MAJOR JOHN WYNNE-POTTS, SUPERVISED THE BUILDING WORK.

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DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED ****

THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE, AFTER TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ADVICE OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, TODAY (TUESDAY) COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT THE DEATH SENTENCE PASSED ON KWAN KWOK-TSUN, ALIAS JACKSON KWAN, AGED 29, ON JULY 25, 1978.

KWAN, AN EXECUTIVE WITH AN INSURANCE COMPANY, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING TSE WAI-WAH, ALIAS NANCY TSE, 36, AT HER FLAT IN CHE KEE BUILDING, KING'S ROAD, NORTH POINT ON DECEMBER 2, 1977.

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