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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979

+APART FROM THAT WE ALSO FOUND DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF RESTORATION WORK WHICH LASTED EIGHT DAYS, WALL FOOTINGS AND SOME ANCIENT CHING DYNASTY COINS INSIDE THE FORT NEAR THE ENTRANCE,+ HE ADDED.

DR. BARD SAID THAT FROM THE SHAPE OF THE BRICKS FOUND NEAR THE ENTRANCE, AN ARC-SHAPED GATE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUILT THERE.

ON TOP OF THE SOUTHERN WALL WERE ALSO FOUND FOUNDATIONS OF SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION. SINCE THE FORT OVERLOOKS FAT TONG MUN AND IS STRATEGICALLY ADVANTAGEOUS, IT IS BELIEVED THAT LOOK-OUT POSTS MIGHT HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THAT WALL.

+WE HAVE COLLECTED THE STONES AND BRICKS FOUND INSIDE AND AROUND THE FORT FOR FUTURE RESTORATION, WHICH WILL START NEXT JANUARY AFTER EXCAVATION WORK IS COMPLÉTED, DR. BARD SAID.

APART FROM TUNG LUNG FORT, TWO OTHER FORTS ARE KNOWN TO EXIST TUNG CHUNG AND FAN LAU - BOTH ON LANTAU ISLAND. SO FAR ONLY THE TUNG CHUNG FORT HAS BEEN DECLARED AS A MONUMENT.

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RESIDENTIAL SITES IN SHA TIN TO BE AUCTIONED

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TWO RESIDENTIAL SITES IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON DECEMBER 20, AT 11 AM AT THE SHA TIN GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL.

A SITE AT LOK LO HA MEASURING 2 579 SQUARE METRES HAS A BUILDING COVENANT OF $1 440 000 TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN 36 MONTHS.

THE OTHER SITE AT KAU TO MEASURES 1 010 SQUARE METRES AND THE BUILDING COVENANT OF $160 000 ALSO HAS TO BE FULFILLED WITHIN THE SAME PERIOD.

BOTH SITES ARE FORMED AND ARE FOR LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.

THE SENIOR ESTATE SURVEYOR OF THE SHA TIN DISTRICT OFFICE, MR. ROGER THOMPSON, SAID DEVELOPERS WERE SHOWING A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE TWO SITES AND KEEN BIDDING WAS EXPECTED AT THE AUCTION.

HE SAID THE LOK LO HA SITE WOULD BE CONNECTED BY ROAD TO THE KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY PODIUM DEVELOPMENT IN SHA TIN AND FO TAN RAILWAY STATION. IT HAS A PLOT RATIO OF ONE AND COMMANDS A GOOD VIEW OF SHA TIN RACE COURSE AND RECREATIONAL AREAS.

MR. THOMPSON DESCRIBED THE KAU TO SITE AS +VERY ATTRACTIVE+ WITH A FULL VIEW OF THE TOLO CHANNEL. IT HAS A PLOT RATIO OF ONLY 0.4.

HE SAID SEVEN OTHER RESIDENTIAL SITES AND TWO INDUSTRIAL SITES IN SHA TIN NEW TOWN ARE TO BE DISPOSED OF BY LETTER A AND B TENDER EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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