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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1988

IN

LEI CHENG UK

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'ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR HAN TOMBS HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED

THE YEARS, THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AREA IN THE PAST 20 TOMB REMAINS THE ONLY HAN TOMB DISCOVERED IN HONG KONG,

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HE ADDED.

THE DECLARATION OF THIS UNIQUE MONUMENT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE PUBLIC-SPIRITED CO-OPERATION OF THE URBAN COUNCIL.

POSSIBLE

UNDER THE AFTER THE DECLARATION, THE TOMB WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADMINISTRATION OF THE HONG KONG MUSEUM

HISTORY WITH SUPERVISION FROM THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE.

CHENG UK TRANSIT RAILWAY AND

LOCATED AT 41 TONKIN STREET IN SHAM SHUI PO, THE LEI BRANCH MUSEUM IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE BY BOTH MASS BUSES. IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAYS.

PRE-WAR BUILDING DECLARED DANGEROUS

THE BUILDING AUTHORITY TODAY (FRIDAY) BUILDING AT 269 LAI CHI KOK ROAD, KOWLOON TO CONDITION,

THE

PRINCIPAL

DECLARED A PRE-WAR BE IN A DANGEROUS

GOVERNMENT BUILDING SURVEYOR SAID THE

UPPER FLOORS THREE-STOREY BUILDING WITH TIMBER

AND ROOF ON STONE RUBBLE WALLS WAS IN AN ADVANCED STAGE OF DILAPIDATION.

"SOME OF THE TIMBER FLOOR AND ROOF JOISTS ARE DECAYED AND PART OF THE ROOF HAS ALREADY COLLAPSED," HE SAID.

"CRACKS AND OPEN JOINTS WERE FOUND AT THE WALLS

OF UNEVEN SETTLEMENT

THE REINFORCED CONCRETE VERANDAH NOTED."

AND

OF SIGNS WERE ALSO

THERE WAS A POTENTIAL DANGER OF FURTHER COLLAPSE AND THAT' THE DILAPIDATED CONDITION OF THIS BUILDING REASONABLE REPAIR.

"IT IS THEREFORE

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DEMOLITION, HE ADDED.

OF THE ROOF BEYOND WAS

NECESSARY ΤΟ CLOSE THE

BUILDING

FOR

A

A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR

CLOSURE ORDER IN HONG KONG DISTRICT COURT ON FEBRUARY 16 NEXT YEAR WAS POSTED TODAY,

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