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MONDAY, JULY 6, 1992

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THE YU KIU ANCESTRAL HALL IS ONE OF SEVERAL HISTORIC IN THE PING SHAN AREA OF YUEN LONG WHICH WILL FORM PART OF HONG KONG'S FIRST HERITAGE TRAIL PLANNED TO BE OPENED NEXT YEAR,

THE BUILDING COMPRISES THREE HALLS AND WAS LAST RENOVATED DURING THE REIGN OF GUANG XU (1875-1908).

IT WAS USED AS A VILLAGE SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS, BUT HAS SINCE FALLEN INTO DISUSE. THE ENTRANCE HALL HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY FIRE.

THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES So, SAID ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE WOULD UNDERTAKE EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO THE HALL.

THE

HE HOPED THAT THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST WOULD BE ABLE ΤΟ FUND THE COST OF FULL RESTORATION, ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT $5 MILLION.

HE URGED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO CONTRIBUTE GENEROUSLY TO THE TRUST, WHICH HE SAID WOULD PLAY A VITAL PART IN CONSERVING HONG KONG'S HERITAGE.

DONATIONS SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO THE "LORD WILSON HERITAGE TRUST" AND MAY BE SENT TO P.0. BOX 8800 OR DEPOSITED AT ANY BRANCH OF THE HONGKONGBANK.

VIEWS ON NEW POWER LINES INVITED

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MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO EXPRESS VIEWS ON A PROPOSAL BY THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LTD TO CONSTRUCT A POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORK TO BRING ELECTRICITY FROM THE PROPOSED POWER STATION AT BLACK POINT TO VARIOUS PARTS OF KOWLOON AND THE

TERRITORIES.

NEW

NEW

SAID

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES DEPARTMENT TODAY (MONDAY) THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS CONSIDERED BY THE PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE COUNTRY PARKS BOARD AT ITS LAST MEETING IN APRIL.

"AS TWO OF THE THREE PROPOSED LINES WILL TOUCH ON COUNTRY PARK AREAS, THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THAT THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY LTD SHOULD CONDUCT PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE PROJECT," HE SAID.

THE THREE LINES TO BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1994 AND 1996 ARE:

A 4.5-KILOMETRE LINE TO LINK THE NEW POWER PLANT AT BLACK POINT WITH THE EXISTING CASTLE PEAK POWER STATION;

A 7.5-KILOMETRE LINE TO LINK THE PROPOSED TSEUNG KWAN 0 SUBSTATION WITH THE EXISTING TSZ WAN SHAN SUBSTATION; AND

A 40-KILOMETRE LINE TO LINK THE NEW POWER EXISTING SHATIN SUBSTATION.

PLANT WITH THE

/THE SPOKESMAN