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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1980
TWO OF THE LARGER KAU TO SITES MEASURE 14 600 AND 15 700 SQUARE METRES. THEY ARE SUITABLE FOR TOWN HOUSE DEVELOPMENT WITH SWIMMING POOLS AND TENNIS COURTS.
TWO OTHER SITES AT FO TAN, SHA TIN, ARE FOR MULTI-STOREY INDUSTRIAL/GODOWN DEVELOPMENT. THEY MEASURE 4 727 AND 5 407 SQUARE METRES.
THE REMAINING SEVEN SITES, MEASURING HALF A HECTARE, ARE FOR COMMERCIAL/RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE GROUND, FIRST AND SECOND FLOORS OF BUILDINGS TO BE PUT OUT ON THE SITES ARE FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, WHILE THE UPPER FLOORS ARE FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
TWO OF THE SITES IN TUEN MUN NEW TOWN, ADJACENT TO THE TOWN CENTRE, WHILE THE OTHER FIVE SITES ARE LOCATED IN THE DEVELOPED CENTRAL AREA OF YUEN LONG,
APPLICATIONS, TOGETHER WITH A CHEQUE FOR $50 000, SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE APPLICATION BOX IN THE RECEPTION LOBBY OF NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS BEFORE 12 NOON ON MARCH 21.
TENDER FORMS AND NOTICES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES ADMINISTRATION OR ANY OF THE EIGHT DISTRICT OFFICES.
ANCIENT BOWL DONATED TO GOVERNMENT ****
A KWAI CHUNG RESIDENT HAS RECENTLY PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNMENT AN ANCIENT GLAZED EARTHWARE CHINESE BOWL.
THE BOWL, ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY CHIPPED, IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF THE CHINESE EARLY HISTORICAL POTTERY WITH GLAZE WELL PRESERVED.
DR SOLOMON BARD, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS SECTION OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE BOWL HAS BEEN TENTATIVELY DATED AT THE FOURTH TO SEVENTH CENTURY AD.
MR KOO LOONG-CHUEN, WHO IS A KEEN HIKER, DISCOVERED THE BOWL, HALF BURIED, ON LANTAU ISLAND SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
RECENTLY, HE VISITED AN EXHIBITION ON SALVAGE ARCHAEOLOGY, CALLED +RESCUING THE PAST+, AT THE HONG KONG MUSEUM OF HISTORY WHERE SEVERAL OBJECTS DISCOVERED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND DONATED TO THE GOVERNMENT WERE ON DISPLAY.
HE WAS SO IMPRESSED THAT HE DECIDED TO PRESENT HIS FIND TO THE GOVERNMENT.
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