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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1986
DURING THE VISIT, DFCC CHAIRMAN, MR MAU KEI-ON, AND COMMITTEE MBERS, STAFF OF THE DISTRICT OFFICE, HOUSING DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE MET MEMBERS OF THE MAC'S AND RESIDENTS OF THE TWO BLOCKS.
THE MAC MEMBERS WERE ENCOURAGED TO ACTIVELY TAKE PART IN
VIEWS ON FIGHT CRIME MEASURES WERE FIGHT CRIME ACTIVITIES.
ALSO COLLECTED.
APART FROM VISITS TO MAC'S, THE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO ORGANISE FIGHT CRIME TALKS AND SEMINARS, POSTER DESIGN COMPETITION ON CRIME PREVENTION, INTER-SCHOOL DEBATES AND A FIGHT CRIME PIONEER+ COMPETITION.
THE DFCC WILL ALSO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE POLICE TO CONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME+ IN THE AREA. SO FAR, MORE THAN 3 000 HOUSEHOLDS FROM 14 BLOCKS OF BUILDINGS IN THE DISTRICT HAVE JOINED THE SCHEME TO FIGHT CRIME.
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ANCIENT BURIAL URNS UNEARTHED *****
TWO ANCIENT BURIAL URNS WERE ACCIDENTALLY UNEARTHED DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR A NEW ROAD NEAR HO HOK SHAN AT YUEN LONG RECENTLY.
THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE BY AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER OF THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT WHO BROUGHT IT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.
SUBSEQUENT EXAMINATION OF THE FINDS SHOW THAT THE TWO JARS WERE PROBABLY BURIAL URNS OF THE TANG DYNASTY (620-906 A.D.). ARE VALUABLE OBJECTS OF GREAT HISTORICAL AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST.
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THOUGH SLIGHTLY DAMAGED, THE URNS ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION AND ARE OF SIMILAR SIZES - ABOUT 39 CM IN HEIGHT AND 23 CM IN DIAMETER. AFTER CONSERVATION TREATMENT, THEY WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR PUBLIC VIEWING,
THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, WHO IS THE ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY, HAS SENT A LETTER TO THE HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT COMMENDING THE ENGINEER FOR HIS ALERTNESS AND THANKING HIM FOR REPORTING THE FIND.
A SPOKESMAN FOR MSB SAID TODAY THAT IT WAS HOPED THAT THE ENGINEER'S ACTIONS WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS TO PROTECT HONG KONG'S CULTURAL HERITAGE.
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