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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1982

THE FLAT FARE WILL BE $1.50 PER SINGLE JOURNEY.

AT THE SAME TIME, THERE WILL BE ALTERATIONS TO ROUTE NO. 19 (TSZ WAN SHAN - SAN PÓ KONG).

AFTER REACHING PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD, MAXICABS ON THIS ROUTE TO TSZ WAN SHAN WILL BE DIVERTED VIA LUNG CHEUNG ROAD, DIAMOND HILL MTR STATION, HAMMER HILL ROAD, PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD, TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD, YUK WAH STREET, WAN WAH STREET AND TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD.

ON THEIR RETURN TRIPS, THEY WILL BE DIVERTED VIA WAN WAH STREET, YUK WAH STREET, TSZ WAN SHAN ROAD, PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD, HAMMER HILL ROAD, CHOI HUNG ROUNDABOUT, LÚNG CHEUNG ROAD AND PO KONG VILLAGE ROAD TO RE-JOIN CHOI HÙNG ROAD.

TSUEN WAN MONUMENT TO BECOME MUSEUM

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THE 200-YEAR-OLD SAM TUNG UK WALLED VILLAGE, A DECLARED MONUMENT IN NORTHERN TSUEN WAN, IS EXPECTED TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS A FOLK MUSEUM BY LATE 1984, ACCORDING TO THE TOWN MANAGER, MR HAMISH MACLEOD, TODAY (MONDAY).

RESTORATION OF THE VILLAGE, AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $7 MILLION, WILL START NEXT SUMMER.

THE PROPOSED MUSEUM WILL INCLUDE AN EXHIBITION GALLERY TO SHOW THE SAM TUNG UK HISTORY, A FURNISHED ROOM TO RE-CREATE TYPICAL EARLY VILLAGE LIFE, CRAFTS DEMONSTRATION AREAS AND DISPLAY OF OTHER TRADITIONAL ITEMS.

MR MACLEOD AND THE DISTRICT OFFICER, MISS ELAINE CHUNG, VISITED THE VILLAGE THIS MORNING, ACCOMPANIED BY VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES MR CHAN PO-FONG AND MR CHAN LAU-FONG.

ANCESTORS OF A CHAN CLAN BUILT THE VILLAGE IN THE LATE 18TH

CENTURY.

MR MACLEOD REMARKED THAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF TSUEN WAN FROM A RURAL AREA INTO A NEW TOWN, THE PRESERVATION OF SAM TUNG UK AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK WOULD HAVE A CONSIDERABLE EDUCATIONAL VALUE AND BECOME A TOURIST ATTRACTION.

INCLUDED IN THE PRESERVATION PLANS ARE THREE ROWS OF ABOUT 30 HOUSES WHICH FORM THE NUCLEUS OF THE VILLAGE, AND A ROW OF SIX OLD HOUSES BEHIND IT. THE ANCESTRAL HALL AND AN OPEN SPACE IN THE FRONT WILL ALSO BE KEPT.

THE PARTY LATER VISITED THE NEARBY TIN HAU KUNG, A WORSHIP TEMPLE OF THE CHAN CLAN, AS WELL AS THE SAM TUNG UK RESITE VILLAGE OCCUPIED BY VILLAGERS WHO REHOUSED FROM THE WALLED

VILLAGE IN 1980 TO MAKE WAY FOR THE MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY-TSUEN WAN EXTENSION.

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