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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1993

PING SHAN HERITAGE TRAIL TO OPEN SOON

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TRUST,

THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE

THE PING SHAN HERITAGE MR EDWARD HO, TODAY (MONDAY) ANNOUNCED THAT TRAIL, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN HONG KONG, WILL BE OPEN VERY SOON,

LOGO SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE RESULTS OF THE

SINCE DESIGN COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE TRUST AND ITS OTHER WORK 1TS ESTABLISHMENT IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR, MR HO SAID THE OPENING OF THE TRAIL WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT FOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION HONG KONG.

IN

TRADITIONAL

MR HO SAID THE TRAIL LINKED UP A NUMBER OF TYPICAL.

THUS PROVIDING THE CHINESE STRUCTURES WITHIN EASY WALKING DISTANCE,

'TO OPPORTUNITY

RECAPTURE THE SOCIAL AND PUBLIC WITH AN

CULTURAL NEW TERRITORIES IN THE PAST DEVELOPMENTS OF THE

CENTURIES IN A CONVENIENT HALF-DAY EXCURSION.

MILLION HE SAID THE PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH A SUM OF $1

CLUB FOR MINOR ENVIRONMENTAL DONATED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY

DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, INFORMATION BOARDS IMPROVEMENT AND PROVISION OF

AND EXPLANATORY PLAQUES ALONG THE TRAIL.

TRUST HAD ALSO ALLOCATED A TOTAL THE LORD WILSON HERITAGE

THE AMOUNT OF $642,000 TO PUBLISH AN INFORMATION PAMPHLET INTRODUCING

DISPLAYS AT MAJOR POINTS OF FEATURES ALONG THE TRAIL, SET UP MINI INTEREST AND ORGANISE PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.

THE TRAIL, MR HO SAID A TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO VISIT

BY DRAWING COMPETITION AND A PHOTO ALBUM GAME WOULD BE ORGANISED COUNCIL EARLY NEXT YEAR.

THE

MR HO SAID TO PROJECT THE IMAGE OF THE COMPETITION HAD BEEN ORGANISED.

TRUST. A LOGO

DESIGN

THE WINNER OF THE COMPETITION WAS MR YIP PO-H01, AND THE

CHI-ON FINALISTS WERE MR LEUNG CHIU, MR LOK CHUN-WA, MR CHIU YICK TAI-WA, MR YIP AND THE OTHERS WERE PRESENTED WITH PRIZES CONFERENCE BY MR HO.

HAD

OTHER AND MR AT THE

YOUTH AWARENESS OF HERITAGE IN ADDITION, IN ORDER TO AROUSE

HERITAGE INFORMATION TO PRESERVATION, AND TO SYSTEMATICALLY PASS ON

TRUST THE GENERATION,

RECENTLY COMMISSIONED THE THE YOUNGER

OF HONG KONG ΤΟ DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM STUDIES OF THE UNIVERSITY

WITH HISTORY, A LEARNING PACKAGE

EMPHASIS ON COMPILE

REFERENCE MATERIALS BY JUNIOR HERITAGE PRESERVATION, SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS, MR HO SAID.

FOR

ON USE AS

LOCAL

THE LEARNING PACKAGE WILL BE COMPLETED BY MID-1994.

MR HO NOTED

THE COUNCIL HAD SO FAR APPROVED SEVERAL TOTAL AMOUNT OF OVER $0.5 MILLION APPLICATIONS FOR GRANT, WITH A APPROVED FOR HERITAGE RELATED PROJECTS.

IN

ΤΟ SUBJECT

THE TRUST WELCOMED APPLICATIONS FROM HONG KONG FOR ACTIVITIES,

FUNDING

SUPPORT

FUND

THE

PROPOSED

PROJECTS ARE FOUND ACCEPTABLE TO THE COUNCIL OF THE TRUST, HE ADDED.

ΤΟ AVAILABILITY

BONA ORGANISE

AND THAT

FIDE ORGANISATIONS HERITAGE-RELATED

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