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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1981

BOOK ON RURAL ARCHITECTURE POPULAR

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CONTINUING DEMAND FOR A BOOK WHICH REVIEWS HONG KONG'S RICH HERITAGE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE RURAL ARCHITECTURE HAS LED TO THE PUBLICATION OF A SECOND EDITION.

PRODUCED BY THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION, +RURAL ARCHITECTURE IN HONG KONG+ HAS BEEN REPRINTED TO MEET DEMAND FROM LOCAL PEOPLE AS WELL AS TOURISTS.

+ THE BOOK EXPLORES MANY FINE EXAMPLES OF HISTORICAL RURAL ARCHITECTURE IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, RECORDS THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AND EXPLAINS INTERESTING FEATURES+, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE SAID.

+BASED ON A SURVEY CONDUCTED A FEW YEARS AGO BY HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS, IT PROVIDES A VALUABLE SOURCE OF REFERENCE FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN THE FINE EXAMPLES OF VILLAGE ARCHITECTURE WHICH CREATE A LINK WITH HONG KONG'S PAST. THERE ARE MAPS IN THE BOOK SHOWING HOW TO FIND WALLED VILLAGES, ANCESTRAL HALLS, PAGODAS, TEMPLES, STUDY HALLS AND HOUSES OF PARTICULAR INTEREST, HE ADDED.

THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT $38 A COPY FROM THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, HONG KONG- HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION LEADING BOOKSTORES CITY DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE URBAN AREAS AND DISTRICT OFFICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES.

MAIL ORDERS CAN BE SENT TO THE PUBLISHING SUB-DIVISION OF THE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, BASKERVILLE HOUSE, SECOND FLOOR, 22 ICE HOUSE STREET, HONG KONG.