XN000022-1988-04-18 — Page 6

MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1988

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WONG TAI SIN DB TO ELECT CHAIRMAN

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MEMBERS OF THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD WILL ELECT A CHAIRMAN FOR THE NEW TERM WHEN THEY MEET TOMORROW (TUESDAY).

TWO CANDIDATES HAVE BEEN NOMINATED

CHAN KAM-MAN AND

MR MICHAEL LEE YUK-KWAN.

AFTER THE ELECTION, MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS THE ADOPTION OF THE DISTRICT BOARD STANDING ORDERS AND WILL DECIDE ON THE NUMBER OF COMMITTEES TO BE ESTABLISHED.

THEY WILL ALSO DISCUSS

EX-GRATIA

ALLOWANCES FOR COMMERCIAL

OPERATORS AFFECTED BY CLEARANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

YOU ARE INVITED TO COVER THE WONG TAI SIN DISTRICT BOARD MEETING TO BEGIN AT 2.30 PM TOMORROW (TUESDAY) AT THE FUNG MING HALL OF WONG TAI SIN TEMPLE.

KUN LUNG GATE TOWER TO BE RESTORED

WORK ON THE RESTORATION OF THE KUN LUNG GATE TOWER IN SAN WAI, WALLED VILLAGE IN FANLING, HAS STARTED WITH THE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OF $0.3 MILLION FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

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THE RENOVATION PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN ABOUT FIVE MONTHS' TIME.

SAN WAI VILLAGE WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS KUN LUNG WAI ONE OF 11 TANG VILLAGES IN LUNG YEUK TAU IN NORTH DISTRICT.

WHICH IS

ALTHOUGH THE VILLAGE WAS REPORTEDLY SETTLED BY MEMBERS OF THE TANG CLAN DURING THE 14TH CENTURY, ITS WALLS WERE BUILT AT A MUCH LATER DATE.

THE STONE LINTEL. ABOVE THE MAIN ENTRANCE ΤΟ THE VILLAGE IS ENGRAVED WITH THE DATE "JIA-21 OF THE QIAN LONG REIGN", WHICH EQUATES TO 1744 A.D.

THE VILLAGE