MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1990
LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN EXCAVATION WORK NEAR COMPLETION
A LARGE NUMBER OF RELICS WERE UNEARTHED AT THE LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN IN TUEN MUN IN A RECENT EXCAVATION CONDUCTED BY MEMBERS OF THE HONG KONG ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
THE SOCIETY STARTED THE EXCAVATION, COMMISSIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT, LAST DECEMBER AND THE OPERATION IS NOW NEAR COMPLETION.
THE RELICS UNEARTHED INCLUDED A LARGE QUANTITY OF NORTHERN SUNG (960-1127 AD) CERAMIC CONTAINERS OF MANY SHAPES AND PATTERNS AND A COIN OF THE SAME PERIOD.
A BROWN GLAZED JAR TYPICAL OF THE SUNG DYNASTY WAS ALSO FOUND IN FRAGMENTS.
AMONG THE UNEARTHED RELICS, SOME BRONZE AGE AND LATE MATERIAL WAS FOUND, INDICATING THAT THE SITE HAD BEEN PRODUCING POLISHED STONE ORNAMENTS 2,500 TO 4,000 YEARS AGO.
NEOLITHIC USED FOR
ON COMPLETION OF THE EXCAVATION, THE SOCIETY WILL UNDERTAKE ANALYSIS AND STUDY OF THE ARTEFACTS DISCOVERED, AND A REPORT ON THE FINDINGS WILL BE PREPARED.
THE EXCAVATED RELICS TOGETHER WITH THE FIELD DOCUMENTATION WILL THEN BE HANDED OVER TO THE GOVERNMENT AS PART OF THE CENTRAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARCHIVE FOR USE BY SCHOLARS AND STUDENTS.
LUNG KWU SHEUNG TAN WAS ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES LISTED BY THE GOVERNMENT'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONSULTANT WHO UNDERTOOK A COMPREHENSIVE TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY BETWEEN 1982 AND 1985.
YAU TSIM SINGING CONTEST FINALS OPEN TO RESIDENTS
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YAU TSIM RESIDENTS ARE INVITED ΤΟ ATTEND THE FINALS OF A SINGING CONTEST TO BE HELD AT THE HENRY G. LEONG YAUMATEI COMMUNITY CENTRE ON SATURDAY (MARCH 17). IT WILL BEGIN AT 8 PM.
NINETEEN FINALISTS SELECTED FROM 120 CONTESTANTS WILL COMPETE IN THE POPULAR SONGS, FOLK SONGS AND CLASSICAL SONGS SECTIONS.
FREE ADMISSION TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE YAU TSIM DISTRICT MUSIC OFFICE, 490 NATHAN ROAD AND AT THE
OFFICE, THIRD FLOOR, 138 AUSTIN ROAD.
THE CONTEST IS AN ANNUAL EVENT ORGANISED BY THE YAU MA TEI AND
ASSOCIATION TO TSIM SHA TSUI CULTURE AND ARTS
PROMOTE INTEREST IN
MUSIC.
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