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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1986

NOTED CHINA ARCHAEOLOGIST VISITS YUNG LONG SITE

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A DISTINGUISHED ARCHAEOLOGIST FROM THE INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, PEKING, VISITED THE GOVERNMENT- COMMISSIONED ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION AT YUNG LONG TODAY.

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PROFESSOR AN ZHI-MIN, AN EXPERT ON NEOLITHIC CULTURE IN CHINA, HAD BEEN INVITED BY THE EXCAVATION'S DIRECTOR MR BRIAN PEACOCK, TO VISIT THE SITE FOR AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON THE PROJECT.

PROFESSOR AN WAS BRIEFED AT THE SITE BY MR PEACOCK ON THE NATURE OF THE SITE, THE PROGRESS OF THE EXCAVATION AND THE

HE ALSO MET VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING THE FULL-TIME ARTEFACTS UNCOVERED. EXCAVATION TEAM.

THE EXCAVATION IS SCHEDULED TO LAST UNTIL THE END OF MARCH. TWO MONTHS WILL THEN BE REQUIRED FOR POST-EXCAVATION RESEARCH, AND EVALUATION OF THE INFORMATION RETRIEVED FROM THE SITE.

DOG INOCULATION BROUGHT TO VILLAGES *****

THE GOVERNMENT'S ON-GOING CAMPAIGN TO INOCULATE DOGS AGAINST PABIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT THIS MONTH IN YUEN LONG AND SHA TIN,

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT THE DISTRICT INOCULATION DRIVE IS FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF DOG OWNERS WHO CAN NOW HAVE THEIR PETS INOCULATED WITHOUT HAVING TO GO TO THE GOVERNMENT KENNELS.

THE DEPARTMENT'S MOBILE INOCULATION TEAMS WILL VISIT VILLAGES IN YUEN LONG AND SHA TIN FROM MARCH 3 TO 27 AND FROM MARCH 1 TO 15 RESPECTIVELY.

THE YUEN LONG VILLAGES INCLUDE SAN WAI TSUEN, SAN SANG TSUEN, SIK KONG TSUEN, SIK KONG WAI, HA TSUEN MARKET, SAN UK TSUEN, LEI UK TSUEN, TIN SAM TSUEN, LAW UK TSUEN, TUNG TAU TSUEN, HANG MEI TSUEN, CHEUNG KONG WAI, FUNG KONG TSUÉN, SHEUNG PAK NAI AND HA PAK NAI.

THE VILLAGES IN SHA TIN ARE SAN TIN TSUEN, KAK TIN TSUEN, SHEUNG KENG HAU, HA KENG HAU, TIN SUM TSUEN, PAK TIN TSUEN, TUNG LO WAN, MO FAN TSUEN, TO FING SHAN, TO FUNG SHAN, SHEUNG WO CHE, MA WO CHE, FO TAN, FO TAN COTTAGE AREA, HO LEK PÚI, MAN HANG, WONG CHUK YEUNG AND WO LIU HANG.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID THAT + DOG OWNERS IN THOSE VILLAGES SHOULD MAKE FULL USE OF THE SERVICE AND THAT LICENCES WOULD BE ISSUED FREE OF CHARGE AFTER THE INOCULATIONS.

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