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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1989

LEAFLET ON HK'S HERITAGE PUBLISHED

* * * * *

PUBLISHED BEING

A BILINGUAL LEAFLET ON HONG KONG'S HERITAGE HAS BEEN TO SERVE AS A GENERAL REFERENCE AND AN INTRODUCTION TO THE WORK UNDERTAKEN TO CONSERVE LOCAL HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND SITES.

LEAFLET, ENTITI ED

AND

ILLUSTRATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND A MAP, THE "PROTECTING HONG KONG'S HERITAGE", IS PRODUCED BY THE ANTIQUITIES MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH.

OF LOCATIONS TILE MAP INDICATES CLEARLY THE MONUMENTS IN HONG KONG'S AS AT THE END OF 1988.

THE 35

DECLARED

THE LEAFLET GAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF

BOARD

THE WORK AND

OF THE ANTIQUITIES ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY MONUMENTS OFFICE, WHICH IS THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE CONSERVING PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST.

М

ARE

OF

THE

AND

FOR

ACTIVITY SITES

KONG, THERE 'ALL OVER HONG

HUMAN RELICS

SPANNING SOME

RANGING 6,000 YEARS,

FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTAINING POTTERY AND STONE IMPLEMENTS OF THE PREHISTORIC REA TO SPLENDID TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS OF CHINESE AND WESTERN STYLES RECENT TIMES," THE LEAFLET'S INTRODUCTION STATED.

"SINCE 1976 THE GOVERNMENT HAS PUT INTO EFFECT LAWS THAT THE BEST EXAMPLES OF HONG KONG'S HERITAGE ARE PROTECTED FUTURE.

THE OF MORE

TO ENSURE

FOR

THE

RECORD, RESTORE

AND

EFFORTS OF THE THE IN DANGER OF BEING

ALLOCATED YEARLY "PUBLIC FUNDS ARE

TO AND THEM. IN DISPLAY

LEGISLATION SPITE OF

OFTEN STILL ARE GOVERNMENT, HISTORIC RELICS DESTROYED UNNECESSARILY, IN THE NAME OF 'PROGRESS'.

FROM CONTRIBUTIONS SECURE

THE COSTS OF MONUMENTS AND WE

11 IT SAID.

BEEN "RECENTLY, WE HAVE

то ABLE ORGANISATIONS TOWARDS PRIVATE OWNERS AND CHARITABLE

OF RESPECTABLE REPAIRING AND RESTORING A SINCERELY HOPE THAT THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE,

NUMBER

THE LEAFLET ALSO EMPHASISED THAT HONG KONG'S

THE

AND ANTIQUITIES

HERITAGE

PEOPLE AND TO ITS

MONUMENTS OFFICE IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY IN PROMOTING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THIS AND THE NEED FOR ITS CONSERVATION.

BELONGS HAS AN HERITAGE

++

HISTORICAL POSSESSION,

PUBLIC ARE 'MEMBERS OF THE

FEATURES

OR

RELICS,

ENCOURAGED OR TO DONATE

то

REPORT RELICS

ANY

KNOW IN THEIR

OFFICE WILL AWARD SUCH ACTS

IT

"THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS WITH A HANDSOME CERTIFICATE OF MERIT ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT, NOTED.

THE FOLLOWING THE LEAFLET IS NOW OBTAINABLE FREE OF CHARGE AT

MUSEUM OF

THE HISTORY, THE

SAM OFFICES: VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES,

WARE, THE ENQUIRY TUNG UK MUSEUM, THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE MUSEUM OF TEA COUNTERS OF THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES BRANCH AND VARIOUS LIBRARIES.

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