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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1987

COMMUNITY SUPPORTS PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

THE YEARS OF 1984 AND 1985 MARKED THE TURNING POINT HISTORY OF PRESERVATION OF HONG KONG'S CULTURAL HERITAGE, TO THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD REPORT OF 1984 AND 1985 TODAY (SUNDAY).

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WIDESPREAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS GIVEN ΤΟ THE PRESERVING HONG KONG'S HERITAGE. THE OWNERS NOT ONLY TOOK ALLOWING THEIR PROPERTIES TO BE LEGALLY PRESERVED AND PROTECTED UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE BUT ALSO FINANCIALLY TOWARDS THE COST OF RESTORING THE BUILDINGS.

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THIS WAS BORNE OUT BY THE CASES OF LIU MAN SHEK TONG ANCESTRAL HALL IN SHEUNG SHUI AND THE MAN MO TEMPLE IN TAI PO. ALSO, THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAD BEEN PROVIDING GENEROUS DONATIONS TO ASSIST IN THE PRESERVATION OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE EVERY YEAR SINCE 1981, THE REPORT SAID.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD NOTED THAT A TOTAL OF 30 MONUMENTS OR HISTORICAL BUILDINGS SO FAR HAD BEEN SECURED IN WHICH SIX WERE NEW ITEMS DECLARED AND GAZETTED DURING 1984 AND 1985. THEY WERE THE MAN MO TEMPLE IN TAI PO; THE EXTERIOR OF THE OLD SUPREME COURT BUILDING IN CENTRAL; THE ROCK CARVINGS AT WONG CHUK HANG, ABERDEEN; THE EXTERIOR OF THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY MAIN BUILDING; THE OLD ΤΑΙ PO MARKET RAILWAY STATION; AND THE LIU MAN SHEK TONG ANCESTRAL SHEUNG SHUI.

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DURING THESE TWO YEARS MORE MONUMENTS AND HISTORICAL BUILDINGS WERE UNDER RESTORATION AND REPAIR AND OPENED FOR PUBLIC ENJOYMENT. THE RESTORED SHEUNG YIU VILLAGE WAS THE FIRST TO BE OPENED AS A FOLK MUSEUM UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT. IT HAD PROVED ITS POPULARITY AND IT HAD BEEN ATTRACTING SOME VISITORS PER MONTH SINCE 1984.

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THE CONVERSION OF THE OLD TAI PO MARKET RAILWAY STATION INTO HONG KONG'S FIRST RAILWAY MUSEUM WAS COMPLETED AND OPENED ΤΟ THE PUBLIC IN 1985. ANOTHER MONUMENT, SAM TUNG UK IN TSUEN WAN, WAS UNDER VIGOROUS RESTORATION AND IS EXPECTED TO BE OPENED AS THE SAM TUNG UK VILLAGE MUSEUM BY REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.

OTHER RESTORED MONUMENTS/HISTORICAL BUILDINGS ALSO PROVED POPULAR WITH VISITORS. THEY ARE THE MAN MO TEMPLE IN TAI PO; LIU MAN SHEK TONG ANCESTRAL HALL IN SHEUNG SHUI; THE FAN LAU FORT ON LANTAU ISLAND; AND THE TUNG CHUNG FORT IN LANTAU.

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