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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1988
CONSENSUS
AS TO WHY HAU BCHOLARS HAVE YET TO REACH A TEMPLES ARE ALSO KNOWN AS YEUNG HAU KUNG, OR YEUNG HAU WONG KUNG,
WONG
YANG
CLAIM THAT THE HAU THE POPULAR INTERPRETATION IS BASED ON A
MARQUIS WONG TEMPLE AT KOWLOON CITY WAS BUILT IN MEMORY OF THE LIANG-JIE, A SUNG GENERAL WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE TO PROTECT THE SUNG EMPEROR, AFTER THE FINAL DEFEAT BY MONGOL INVADERS IN 1278.
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW IS THAT THE TEMPLES WERE BUILT BY THE FAMILY IN THE WORSHIP OF THEIR FOREFATHERS WHO WERE RELATIVES AS AS LOYAL SUPPORTERS OF THE SUNG EMPERORS, AND SO APPEARS ON THE NAME BOARD OF THE TEMPLES.
OF
THE CHARACTER
LAST
YANG
WELL YANG
THROUGHOUT HONG KONG G
TEMPLES MAINTAINS
AN
THE HAU WONG CULT HAS BEEN WIDESPREAD
WONG HAU HISTORY
THE PRESERVATION AND IMPORTANT FACET OF THE COMMUNITY'S HERITAGE.
POPULAR
WORSHIP OF THE
HAU
WONG
DEITY WAS
CRIGINALLY
ISLAND,
ASSOCIATED WITH A MILITARY PRESENCE IN THE AREA, SUCH AS THE HAU WONG TEMPLES AT KOWLOON CITY AND AT TUNG CHUNG AND TAI O ON LANTAU WHICH WERE WELL PATRONISED BY SOLDIERS STATIONED IN THESE AREAS.
58 PRISONERS RECEIVE CERTIFICATES
FIFTY-EIGHT PRISONERS TODAY
(TUESDAY) RECEIVED CERTIFICATES COMPLETING CERTIFICATE COURSES
FOR PASSING PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS AND RUN BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
LAM WAI-KEUNG, OFFICIATED AT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEMBER, MR THE PRESENTATION CEREMONY HELD IN SHEK PIK PRISON ON LANTAU.
PITMAN
THE FOR
THE EXAMINATION, AMONG THEM, 43 INMATES SAT
EXAMINATION AND THE HONG KONG CITY AND GUILDS OF LONDON INSTITUTE
AND PASSES CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION. THEY SCORED CREDITS IN ARITHMETIC, ENGLISH AND BOOK-KEEPING.
ANOTHER
15
WERE PRISONERS
FOR
EXTRAMURA....
PRESENTED CERTIFICATES
THE COMPLETING A CERTIFICATE PAINTING COURSE OFFERED BY STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
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