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THURSDAY, MARCH 12,,1987

THE INITIAL TENANCY IS 15 MONTHS, RENEWABLE QUARTERLY AFTERWARDS.

THE TUEN MUN LOT, AT LUNG MUN ROAD, WITH AN AREA OF ABOUT 7 800 SQUARE METRES, IS FOR OPEN STORAGE (EXCLUDING STORAGE OF CONTAINERS).

THE INITIAL TENANCY IS ONE YEAR, RENEWABLE QUARTERLY AFTERWARDS.

DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF TENDERS FOR BOTH SITES IS NOON ON MARCH 27.

RARE WAR MAP FOUND

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A UNIQUE MAP DRAWN ON SILK SHOWING POSITIONS AT STANLEY DURING THE FINAL DAYS OF THE 1941 BATTLE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.

THE ROYAL HONG KONG REGIMENT (THE VOLUNTEERS) IS AT PRESENT MAKING AN APPEAL FOR ITEMS FOR A MUSEUM WHICH IT HOPES TO SET UP TO ILLUSTRATE THE HISTORY OF THE REGIMENT.

COLONEL JEREMY HUTCHINS, COMMANDING OFFICER, EXPLAINED THAT AS A RESULT OF THE APPEAL THE SILK MAP, MEASURING ABOUT 10 INCHES BY 15 INCHES, HAD BEEN UNCOVERED.

+THIS MUST HAVE BEEN DRAWN IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP AFTER THE SURRENDER, + HE SAID. + IT IS EXTREMELY INTERESTING IN THAT IT GIVES PRECISE POSITIONS FOR THE VARIOUS UNITS AND DEFENCES AT STANLEY - WHERE SOME OF THE HEAVIEST FIGHTING AGAINST THE JAPANESE TOOK PLACE.+

THE MAP SHOWS PILLBOXES, MACHINE GUN, ANTI-TANK GUN AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN POSITIONS, FIGHTING LIGHTS AND THE AREAS HELD BY NUMBER ONE BATTERY AND NUMBER TWO COMPANY OF THE OLD HONG KONG VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS.

DESPITE BEING CONCEALED DURING THE LONG YEARS OF CAPTIVITY THE MAP IS REMARKABLY WELL PRESERVED AND MOST FEATURES CAN EASILY BE MADE OUT.

IN VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BATTLE AT STANLEY, BOTH TO THE REGIMENT AND TO HONG KONG'S GENERAL HISTORY, THIS MAP IS A FIND OF CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE, SAID COLONEL HUTCHINS.

/+I WOULD