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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 1983

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ANTIQUITIES BOARD GETS LANDROVER

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THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR GRAHAM BARNES, RECEIVED A LANDROVER FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE AMERICAN EXPRESS COUNTRY CO-ORDINATING COMMITTEE, MR SIMPSON CHUA AT THE KOWLOON PARK TODAY.

AT THE HANDING-OVER CEREMONY, MR BARNES WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD, PAID TRIBUTE TO THE AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION FOR ITS CONTINUOUS SUPPORT OF THE BOARD IN THE PRESERVATION OF THE HERITAGE OF HONG KONG.

HE NOTED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO PRESERVE THE HERITAGE IS SHOWN BY ITS COMMISSIONING OF A TERRITORY-WIDE ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY LAST YEAR,

THIS SURVEY, HE POINTED OUT, IS AIMED AT ASSESSING HONG KONG'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCES AND DETERMINING PRIORITIES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF KNOWN AND NEWLY-DISCOVERED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES.

+GOOD PROGRESS IN THE SURVEY IS DEPENDENT ON THE READY AVAILABILITY OF SUITABLE TRANSPORT, AND THE GENEROUS DONATION OF $75 000 FROM THE AMERICAN EXPRESS FOUNDATION HAS ENABLED US TO PURCHASE A LANDROVER FOR THE SURVEY.

+THIS IS AN IDEAL VEHICLE FOR THE JOB AS ONLY VERY FEW OF OUR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES HAVE GOOD ROADS TO THEM, MR BARNES SAID.

THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD, SET UP BY LAW IN 1976, IS CONFINED TO AN ADVISORY ROLE.

THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, PROVIDES A LINK WITH THE SERVICES OF THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND WITH THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE. BOTH OF WHICH ARE PART OF THE URBAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE WORK OF THE BOARD,

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