XN000022-1982-05-25 — Page 10

- 9

TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1982

CHING DYNASTY RARE BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

***

THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE USD HAS ACQUIRED THROUGH THE GENEROUS DONATION OF MR YAU TUNG-HOI SOME 200 BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE CHING DYNASTY, THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION IN HONG KONG,

AT A HANDING-OVER CEREMONY TODAY (TUESDAY) AT THE TSUEN WAN LIBRARY, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR BRIAN WILSON, THANKED MR YAU, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF HOI PA VILLAGE, TSUEN WAN, FOR HIS GENEROSITY AND PUBLIC SPIRIT IN MAKING THE COLLECTION AVAILABLE.

THE COLLECTION CONSISTS OF RARE BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS OF POEMS, +EIGHT-LEGGED+ ESSAYS, AND ACCOUNT BOOKS OF THE CHING DYNASTY AS WELL AS PRIMARY SCHOOL BOOKS OF THE 1930S.

MOST OF THE ESSAYS AND POEMS WERE WRITTEN BY MR YAU'S LATE FATHER, MR YAU YUEN-CHANG AS PART OF THE IMPERIAL CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION IN THE CHING DYNASTY, DOCUMENTING THE INTELLECTUAL, EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OF A SCHOLAR OF THE GENTRY, MR WILSON SAID.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE COLLECTION IS INVALUABLE AS PART OF THE HISTORY OF TSUEN WAN AND HE URGED LOCAL PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE COLLECTION, SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THE IR LOCAL HISTORY.

THE MANUSCRIPTS IN THE COLLECTION WILL GO TO THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY, WHILE THE RARE BOOKS WILL BE HELD IN THE REFERENCE SECTION OF THE TSUEN WAN LIBRARY, AS THE BASIS OF A LOCAL COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO TSUEN WAN, AVAILABLE FOR USE BY GENUINE SCHOLARS.

MR WILSON NOTED THAT MR YAU IS ALSO PREPARED TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF HIS ANCESTRAL HOME IN HOI PA VILLAGE, BUILT BY HIS FATHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS CENTURY.

+ THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD WHICH RECENTLY VISITED THIS FINE TRADITIONAL BUILDING WELCOMES THIS MOVE, WHICH IS YET ANOTHER ADVANCE IN THE CAMPAIGN TO PRESERVE HONG KONG'S HERITAGE.+

RE-ROUTING OF CHUEN LUNG STREET IN TSUEN WAN

***

CHUEN LUNG STREET BETWEEN TSUEN WAN MARKET STREET AND

HOI PA STREET WILL BE RE-ROUTED ONE WAY NORTHBOUND FROM 10 AM ON WEDNESDAY (MAY 26) FOR ROAD WORKS.

THE ARRANGEMENT WILL LAST ABOUT SIX WEEKS.

/10

Page 10Page 11