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MONDAY, MAY 15, 1989

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SIR DAVID THEN WENT TO THE ROOFTOP OF HOPEWELL CENTRE FOR A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE DISTRICT. HE WAS BRIEFED BY THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HOPEWELL, MR GORDON WU. ON THE PROPOSED TOWER HOTEL

DEVELOPMENT.

SIR DAVID WAS TOLD THAT HOPEWELL WOULD CONSTRUCT A 91-STOREY TRIDENT-SHAPED HOTEL AND COMMERCIAL COMPLEX, TO BE KNOWN AS THE TOWER HOTEL, BETWEEN QUEEN'S ROAD EAST AND KENNEDY ROAD.

A PUBLIC PARK OF ABOUT HALF A HECTARE WOULD ALSO BE BUILT AS PART OF THE PROJECT AND THE SECTION OF KENNEDY ROAD IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE THE HOTEL COMPLEX WOULD BE WIDENED TO IMPROVE VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS.

BEFORE CONCLUDING HIS VISIT, SIR DAVID ATTENDED A TEA RECEPTION IN GREAT EAGLE CENTRE WHERE HE MET MEMBERS OF THE WAN DISTRICT BOARD AND LOCAL COMMUNITY LEADERS.

CHAI

HONG KONG REMEMBERS ITS HERITAGE

GOT

HONG KONG HAS NOT FORGOTTEN WHERE IT COMES FROM OR HOW IT HERE: NOR IS IT LACKING IN REMINDERS OF ITS YESTERDAYS, THE SECRETARY FOR MUNICIPAL SERVICES, MR AUGUSTINE CHUI, SAID TODAY (MONDAY).

ON

SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE A NEW PROGRAMME HONG KONG HERITAGE, MR CHUI SAID: "OUR ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1976 AND, THROUGH DILIGENT RESEARCH AND PERSEVERANCE, SO FAR SEEN 35 SITES DECLARED AS HISTORICAL STRUCTURES AND MONUMENTS."

HE SAID THE PROGRAMME OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION HAD BENEFITTED GREATLY FROM THE ASSISTANCE RECEIVED FROM THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD.

THE SCOPE OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS WILL COVER FIVE MAJOR AREAS. AS DETAILED AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN

THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY

MR BOARD,

EDWARD HO.

OF

THESE AREAS ARE: EDUCATION AND PUBLICITY, HERITAGE PRESERVATION IN THE METROPLAN AND URBAN RENEWAL SCHEMES; REVIEW OF POLICY ON MANAGEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RESOURCES; APPLICATION FOR MORE RESOURCES FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION; AND ACTUAL PRESERVATION EFFORTS.

SAID OF SITES

SPEAKING FURTHER ABOUT THE EFFORTS MADE SO FAR, MR CHUI THAT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME STRUCTURES, THE MAJORITY ADDED EACH YEAR TO THE GROWING STORE OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE MAKE NEWSPAPER HEADLINES.

DID NOT

"NEVERTHELESS,