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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1989

"TAI FU TAI"

IS

CONSIDERED

THE

MOST IT

ELEGANT

IS

TRADITIONAL

BELIEVED TO HAVE THE QING DYNASTY MAN

DWELLING WITH RARE DECORATION IN HONG KONG. BEEN BUILT IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF TONGZHI (1865) OF BU MAN CHUNG-LUEN, WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE 21ST GENERATION OF THE CLAN.

"TAI FU TAI" WAS GAZETTED AS AN HISTORICAL BUILDING

IN JULY 1987 BECAUSE OF ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE ARCHITECTURAL MERIT AND HISTORICAL VALUE.

UNDER

THE

IT'S

IT.

A MAJOR RESTORATION SCHEME WAS THEN CARRIED OUT TO RESTORE

HONG KONG THIS WAS DONE WITH A $2.5 MILLION DONATION FROM THE ROYAL JOCKEY CLUB AND THE WORK WAS CARRIED OUT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF

THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND

ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS

OFFICE.

AT

THE PAMPHLET INTRODUCING "TAI FU TAI" IS NOW AVAILABLE FREE

COUNCIL AND REGIONAL VARIOUS DISTRICT OFFICES, MUSEUMS OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, AND THE HONG KONG TOURIST ASSOCIATION.

OUTDOOR RECREATION CENTRE IN SAI KUNG

AN OUTDOOR (FRIDAY)

CONSTRUCTION WILL START IN NOVEMBER ON STAGE 28 OF RECREATION CENTRE IN SAI KUNG UNDER A CONTRACT AWARDED TODAY BY THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

MILLION, THE STAGE 2B PROJECT WOULD $14.7 COSTING ABOUT INCLUDE AN INDOOR ACTIVITY CENTRE, A MINI-SOCCER PITCH, CYCLING TRACK, CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND, BARBEQUE PITCH AND FITNESS TRACKING PATH.

THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 14 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.

STAGE 1 OF THE CENTRE, A 33-UNIT DORMITORY WHICH COULD HOUSE TOTAL OF 260 PEOPLE, WAS COMPLETED ABOUT 15 MONTHS AGO.

A

STAGE ZA OF THE CENTRE, WHICH INCLUDED AN ADMINISTRATION BLOCK, FIVES COURT, TWO TENNIS AN ASSEMBLY HALL, A CANTEEN, RACKET COURT,

WAS

AND FIELD,

COMPLETED COURTS, TWO SQUASH COURTS AND AN

LAST HANDED OVER TO THE REGIONAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF MONTH.

ARCHERY

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