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SUNDAY, JULY 18, 1993

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS GO ON SHOW AT PRESS CONFERENCE

WILL

HOLDS

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM A SITE IN YUNG LONG, TUEN MUN,

(JULY 20) WHEN THE ANTIQUITIES BE ON DISPLAY FOR THE MEDIA ON TUESDAY AND MONUMENTS OFFICE (AMO) OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE RESCUE EXCAVATION.

COMPLETED THE EXCAVATION UNDERTAKEN IN SIX MONTHS AND WAS ONLY IN MARCH THIS YEAR WAS FULLY FUNDED BY CHINA LIGHT AND POWER CO LTD WHICH PROVIDED CASH DONATION AND OTHER SUPPORTING FACILITIES TOTALLING $1.1 MILLION.

REMAINS

THE EXCAVATION REVEALED TWO UNDISTURBED CULTURAL DEPOSITS.

B.C. WHICH

OLDEST IS THE EARLIER ONE

BACK TO ABOUT 4000 DATES

LATER NEOLITHIC DEPOSIT

THE

THE

IN HONG KONG. ARCHAEOLOGICAL (ABOUT 2500 BC) IS EXCEPTIONALLY RICH.

THE SITE AT YUNG LONG WAS RATED IN A TERRITORY-WIDE SURVEY ONE OF THE FIVE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN HONG KONG.

THE OTHER FOUR BEING LUNG KWỤ TAN, LUNG KWU SHEUNG WAN ON LAMMA ISLAND AND CHEUNG SHA ON LANTAU.

AS

TAN, SHAM

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

THE SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES 80, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE ANTIQUITIES ADVISORY BOARD, MR DAVID LUNG WILL AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE.

THE

THE SPRAK

CONFERENCE STARTS AT 3 PM ON TUESDAY (JULY 20) AT THE EXHIBITION HALL AT 136 NATHAN ROAD, TSIM SHA TSUI.

AMO

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

HUNG HOM STREET AND LANES RECONSTRUCTION

THE GOVERNMENT PORPOSES TO RECONSTRUCT WA FUNG STREET NEARBY SCAVENGING LANES IN HUNG HOM.

AND THE

THE

PROJECT

COMPRISES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING

ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE CARRIAGEWAY, FOOTWAY AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE UNDERGROUND SERVICES.

AND

WA FUNG STREET AND THE NEARBY MULTIPLE-SUBDIVIDED OWNERSHIP AND ARE IN POOR CONDITION, RISE TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND ACCESS PROBLEMS.

LANES

ARE UNDER THUS GIVING

THE RESUMPTION OF THE PRIVATE STREET AND LANES IS NECESSARY ENSURE THEIR PROPER MAINTENANCE AND USE.

TO

/THE IMPROVEMENT