XN000022-1992-03-10 — Page 10

TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1992

THE EXCAVATION, WHICH STARTED IN JANUARY THIS YEAR, WAS FULLY FINANCED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE DIRECTOR OF THE EXCAVATION PROJECT, MR TANG CHUNG, WHO IS ALSO RESEARCH-ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTE SAID: "DESPITE THE SPECTACULAR DISCOVERY OF THE EASTERN HAN (25-220 A. D.) TOMB IN LEI CHENG UK IN 1955, THERE HAS BEEN NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF THE HAN DYNASTY SETTLEMENTS IN HONG KONG.'

"BRONZE SPEARHEADS AND AXES AS WELL AS IRON FARMING IMPLEMENTS EXCAVATED FROM THE SITE ALL BEAR SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS OF WESTERN HAN FINDS DISCOVERED IN GUANGZHOU, MR TANG SAID.

TT

PARTICULARLY NOTED ARE SOME POTTERY UNEARTHED IN PAK MONG WHICH ARE IDENTICAL TO THE POTTERY FINDS FROM THE FAMOUS TOMB OF THE NAN YUE KING IN GUANGZHOU.

"THE EXCAVATION CONFIRMS THE EXISTENCE OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ON NORTH LANTAU DURING THE WESTERN HAN DYNASTY, MR TANG SAID.

THE EXCAVATION IS ASSISTED BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS FROM THE ZHONG SHAN UNIVERSITY OF GUANGZHOU, AND THE GUANGDONG PROVINCIAL INSTITUTE OF CULTURAL RELICES AND ARCHAEOLOGY.

THE

MEMBERS OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND PALAEONTOLOGICAL COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD VISITED THE CURRENT RESCUE ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION AT PAK MONG ON FEBRUARY 28,

THEY WERE DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS OF THE EXCAVATION AS WELL AS THE PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE DEMONSTRATED

THE EXCAVATION TEAM.

BY

0

HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

AS FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR, THE COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR THE PRESENTATION OF TRADE STATISTICS OF HONG KONG IS THE HONG KONG STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM REVISION 3 (HK SITC REV. 3),

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (TUESDAY).

THIS NEW VERSION REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY USED HK SITC REV. 2 AND FOLLOWS EXACTLY THE SYSTEM DESIGNED BY THE UNITED NATIONS FOR COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS.

THE

AND

THE CHANGE IN COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION FOR PRESENTING TRADE STATISTICS HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED CONCURRENTLY WITH THE ADOPTION OF 1992 EDITION OF THE HONG KONG HARMONISED SYSTEM (HKHS) FOR IMPORT EXPORT DECLARATION AS FROM JANUARY THIS YEAR.

/"AFTER THESE

Page 10Page 11