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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979

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+THEY HELP DISABLED PEOPLE TO GAIN SELF-CONFIDENCE, TO DEVELOP SPORTSMANSHIP, AND TO SHARE IN THE SENSE OF ENJOYMENT AND ACHIEVEMENT WHICH EVERYONE EXPERIENCES IN PARTICIPATION IN SPORTS, + HE SAID.

ADDRESSING THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS, MR. CHAMBERS SAID THEY HAD DEMONSTRATED TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY THAT DISABLED PEOPLE CAN ACHIEVE A GREAT DEAL IN A FIELD WHICH MANY PEOPLE PROBABLY THINK IS NOT OPEN TO THEM.

+ IT IS TRUE OF COURSE, THAT YOU MUST OFTEN MAKE GREATER EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE THE PERFORMANCE LEVELS THAT ARE MORE EASILY REACHED BY ABLE-BODIED PEOPLE, HE ADDED.

HE NOTED THAT THE EVENT WILL FURTHER STIMULATE A GENERAL AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF SPORTS AND RECREATION FOR THE DISABLED AND PARTICULARLY FOR THE MENTALLY-HANDICAPPED,

HE THANKED THE SPORTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED FOR ORGANISING THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS IN HONG KONG, AND THE SCHOOLS AND CENTRES WHICH HAD PARTICIPATED FOR THEIR EFFORTS WHICH HE SAID HAD MADE THE SPORTS MEETING A SUCCESS.

ANCIENT FORT UNDER RESTORATION

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STAFF OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS SECTION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF VOLUNTEERS AND MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY, HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE SECOND PHASE OF RESTORATION WORK ON A CHING FORT ON TUNG LUNG ISLAND.

ACCORDING TO SHIN-AN YUEN-CHIH+ (CHRONICLE OF SHIN—AN PREFECTURE), THE FORT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE KANGHSI REIGN OF THE CHING DYNASTY AND WAS ABANDONED IN 1810 WHEN IT WAS REPLACED BY ANOTHER BUILT IN KOWLOON.

IT IS SITUATED ON THE NORTH-EASTERN PART OF TUNG LUNG ISLAND WHICH LIES TO THE EAST OF HONG KONG ISLAND FACING FAT TONG MUN.

THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS SECTION, DR. S. BARD, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT INITIAL EXCAVATION TOOK PLACE IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.

+WE TOOK TEN DAYS TO CARRY THIS OUT AND MOST OF OUR TIME WAS SPENT ON CLEARING THE WILD VEGETATION COVERING THE FORT,+ DR. BARD SAID.

THE FORT, WHICH IS RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE, COVERS AN AREA OF ABOUT 30 TO 40 SQUARE METRES. IT IS SURROUNDED BY FOUR WALLS ERECTED OF STONES PILED ON ONE ANOTHER.

+ALTHOUGH PART OF THE WALLS HAD COLLAPSED AND WILD VEGETATION COVERED THE FORT MAKING IDENTIFICATION DIFFICULT, WE HAVE DISCOVERED AN ENTRANCE IN THE NORTHERN WALL OF THE FORT,+ DR. BARD SAID.

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