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FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1992

GOVERNOR GIVES FULL SUPPORT TO HERITAGE PRESERVATION

THE GOVERNOR, LORD WILSON, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY)

FOR SETTING WELCOMED THE PROPOSAL

UP THE HERITAGE CO-ORDINATE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE PRECIOUS HERITAGE.

THAT HE

TRUST ΤΟ TERRITORY'S

"THIS INITIATIVE HAS MY FULL AND ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT.

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WILL ADMINISTRATION

DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TRANSFORM THIS CREATIVE IDEA INTO A REALITY," LORD WILSON STRESSED.

THE OF SHA TSUI, BECOMING MORE AND

BE SHOULD

MADE

SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE NEW PREMISES ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE AT 136, NATHAN ROAD, TSIM KOWLOON, LORD WILSON SAID HONG KONG COMMUNITY WAS MORE INTERESTED IN ITS PAST AND THAT EVERY ENDEAVOUR TO UNCOVER AND PRESERVE SOMETHING OF ITS PAST.

AND

BOARD ADVISORY THE GOVERNOR ALSO PRAISED THE ANTIQUITIES

OFFICE FOR THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS

MAKING A GREAT DEAL OF HAD PLAYED EFFORT TO RECORD AND CONSERVE OBJECTS AND BUILDINGS WHICH A PART IN HONG KONG'S HISTORY.

LORD WILSON SAID GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM MANY ORGANISATIONS, LIGHT AND POWER INCLUDING THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND CHINA PLUS HELP FROM MANY PUBLIC-SPIRITED VOLUNTEERS HAD MADE POSSIBLE

OF SEVERAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS, RESCUING

BUILDINGS OBSCURITY AND MONUMENTS AND THE PLANNING OF HONG KONG'S FIRST HERITAGE TRIAL PING SHAN, YUEN LONG.

IN

ON THE SAME OCCASION, THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, THE QUEEN'S MR JAMES SO, ALSO PRESENTED CERTIFICATES OF MERITS TO

IN GURKHA ENGINEERS AND THE ROYAL HONG KONG YACHT CLUB FOR THEIR HELP

DISCOVERY OF RELOCATING A TANG DYNASTY KILN AND THE REPORTING OF THE SOME 2,500 SUNG DYNASTY COPPER COIN RESPECTIVELY.

COMPETITION THE ANTIQUITIES

WINNERS OF A "MONUMENTS ON CAMERA" PHOTOGRAPHIC

PRIZES FROM ALSO RECEIVED THEIR

OF CHAIRMAN ADVISORY BOARD, MR LUNG PING-YEE.

THE

THE NEW PREMISES OF THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE IS BRITISH SCHOOL ORIGINALLY THE FORMER KOWLOON

WHICH IS THE OLDEST SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTED FOR FOREIGN RESIDENTS LIVING IN HONG KONG.

EARLY THE BUILDING, BUILT IN

20TH CENTURY, WAS DECLARED A THE HOME OF MONUMENT LAST YEAR AND AFTER RESTORATION, IT HAS BECOME THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE. IT IS ALSO A RESOURCE CENTRE FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION WORK IN HONG KONG.

FACILITIES NEW

INCLUDING

AN

VIDEO/AUDIO

A

STUDIO

ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY, CONSERVATION LABORATORY, A PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO, A AND AN EXHIBITION HALL ARE PROVIDED IN THE NEW OFFICE.

COINCIDED WITH

OPENING, TODAY'S

WINNING

OF THE ENTRIES DISPLAYED IN THE

"MONUMENTS ON CAMERA" PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION ARE EXHIBITION HALL WHERE THE PUBLIC ARE WELCOME FREE OF CHARGE.

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