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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1989

FIRST ANCIENT POTS SHOW OPENS

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AN EXHIBITION OF

ANCIENT POTS ORGANISED BY CHING

CHUNG

OPENED TODAY

MONASTERY AS PART OF THIS YEAR'S TUEN MUN FESTIVAL WAS

(SUNDAY).

SPEAKING AT THE OPENING CEREMONY, THE REGIONAL SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR ADOLF HSU. SAID THE EXHIBITION WAS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND EVER HELD IN THE TERRITORY.

HE NOTED THAT ALL THE EXHIBITS WERE CULTURAL RELICS WITH GREAT HISTORICAL VALUE.

"NOT ONLY CAN LOCAL RESIDENTS ENJOY THIS EXHIBITION, PEOPLE FROM OTHER DISTRICTS CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS DISPLAY OF HUNDREDS OF ANCIENT POTS,' HE SAID.

TH

MR HSU HOPED MORE EXHIBITIONS OF THIS NATURE COULD BE HELD.

SELECTED FROM THE TAOIST CHING CHUNG MONASTERY'S COLLECTION OF OVER 3.000 ANCIENT POTS, THE 300 EXHIBITS REPRESENT A VARIETY OF STYLES AS WELL AS EXQUISITE CRAFTSMANSHIP. SOME OF THEM CAN BE DATED BACK TO THE SUNG DYNASTY.

THE EXHIBITION IS BEING HELD IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERY OF TUEN MUN TOWN HALL. IT IS OPEN DAILY FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM AND WILL LAST UNTIL NOVEMBER 12.

POLICING OF HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE

KILOMETRE ADDED TO

TEAMS OF POLICE BICYCLE PATROLS AROUND THE TWO PERIMETER OF THE NEW HIGH ISLAND DETENTION CENTRE HAVE BEEN THE DETAILED SECURITY MEASURES BEING TAKEN AT THE CAMP IN READINESS FOR THE 7.000 VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE IT HAS BEEN BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE.

THE CAMP

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POLICE REQUIREMENTS

THE FIRST TO BE BUILT SPECIFICALLY ACCORDING TO IS NOW RECEIVING ITS FIRST INHABITANTS, MOVED TO REMOTE HIGH ISLAND FROM ERSKINE CAMP AND OTHER CENTRES.

AND WHILE EVERY EFFORT HAS BEEN MADE TO PROVIDE A HUMANE AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT FOR THE VIETNAMESE MUCH CONSIDERATION HAS ALSO BEEN DEVOTED TO THE WELFARE AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE 200 POLICE OFFICERS AND CIVILIANS WHO WILL EVENTUALLY WORK THERE.

THE VIETNAMESE WILL LIVE IN A VILLAGE STYLE SYSTEM BE FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF THEM. THE POLICE WILL WORK IN A ORGANISATION.

THAT WILL

:

DIVISIONAL

/THE SUPERINTENDENT.......