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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1989

THE HANG SENG CPI 10 PER CENT OF URBAN $10,000-24,999

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IS BASED ON THE EXPENDITURE PATTERN OF THE HOUSEHOLDS IN HONG KONG THAT SPENT DURING THE 1991/85 HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE

FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS INDEX ARE INCLUDED IN THE HANG SENG CPI REPORT ISSUED BY THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF HANG SENG BANK LTD.

WONG UK HOUSE DECLARED MONUMENT

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THE OLD HOUSE AT WONG UK VILLAGE IN SHA TIN HISTORICAL BUILDING TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE ANTIQUITIES UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS ORDINANCE.

SITUATED AT THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE FORMER YUEN KON

CHAU ESLAND IN SHA TIN, THE WONG UK VILLAGE WAS FOUNDED SOME 200 YEARS AGO BY A MARRIED COUPLE FROM YING NING COUNTY IN EASTERN GUANGDONG.

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IN THE 19TH CENTURY, YUEN CHAU KOK WAS A MAJOR POST THE ROUTE FOR TRAVELLERS, AND GOODS, COMING PROM GUANGDONG PROVINCE ON THEIR WAY TO KOWLOON CITY IN HONG KONG.

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THE ROUTE FIRST PASSED THROUGH TAI PO MARKET, THEN SOUTH LEAÐ MINE PASS TO A POINT ON TIDE COVE (NOW KNOWN AS SHA TIN THEN BY FERRY TO A STONE PIER AT THE NORTHERN TIP OF YUEN CHAU KOK.

THIS SEA LINK ALSO SERVED AS A SEA TRAFFIC JUNCTION FROM TOWNS IN MIRS BAY. GOODS WERE CARRIED OVER SHA TIN PASS IN THE OF THE ISLAND TO KOWLOON CITY.

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BECAUSE OF THIS GEOGRAPHICAL ADVANTAGE, THE VILLAGE BECANE TRADING STATION FOR MERCHANTS AND TRAVELLERS, WITH VILLAGERS CARRYING ON VARIOUS TRADES RANGING FROM GOLDSMITHING TO INNKEEPING PIG-REARING.

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HOWEVER, WHEN OTHER, EASTER FOUTES BECAME AVAILABLE AFTER 1898, THE IMPORTANCE or THE ISLAND DISAPPEARED GRADUALLY ANDE VILLAGERS BEGAN TO LEAVE AND MIGRATE ABROAD.

ALSO, THE RECLAMATION OF THE TIDE COVE TO LINK CE YUEN CHAU KON FOR TIL DEVELOPMENT OF SHA TIN

NEK TOWN COMPLETELY OBLITERATED THE ORIGINAL ROCKY COAST-LINE AND THE OLD STONE PIER.

MANY OLD BUILDINGS IN WONG UK VILLAGE FELL INTO REMAINS I IS THE 100-YEAR-OLD SINGLF TWO-STOREY GREEN BRICK FINE MURAL PAINTINGS AND TRADITIONAL WOODEN CARVINGS WHICH THE ONLY LANDMARK OF THE HISTORY OF YUEN CHAU KOK.

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