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TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1994

THE DESIGN OF THE PARK IS THE RESULT OF

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RESEARCH EFFORT ON CHINESE GARDENS. IN JANUARY LAST YEAR, A TEAM OF ARCHITECTS FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT VISITED CHINA TO STUDY CHINESE GARDENS.

THIS PROJECT ALSO INVOLVES THE ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FROM CHINESE COUNTERPARTS. THEIR SPECIALISM ON CHINESE GARDEN IS BLENDED INTO THE WORK.

HE SAID THE BUILDING MATERIALS WOULD BE IMPORTED FROM CHINA AND CONSTRUCTION OF PAVILIONS AND ROCKERIES WOULD BE CARRIED OUT BY CHINESE SPECIALIST-CONTRACTORS.

MR BLAKE ALSO ANNOUNCED AT THE CEREMONY THAT THE DESIGN OF THE PARK HAD BEEN AWARDED A DIPLOMA OF THE CENTRAL SOCIETY OF HORTICULTURE OF GERMANY AT THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURE EXHIBITION STUTTGART EXPO 93.

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"SINCE THIS EVENT IS HELD ONLY ONCE A DECADE, AND THIS OCCASION WAS ATTENDED BY REPRESENTATION FROM 23 NATIONS COVERING THREE CONTINENTS, OBVIOUSLY THE STANDARD OF EXHIBITS WAS OF A VERY HIGH ORDER INDEED, ATTAINING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION, HE NOTED.

MR BLAKE SAID ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION WAS BEING CARRIED OUT AT THE MOMENT, ADDING THAT THE FOOTING OF THE ORIGINAL WALL TOGETHER WITH SOME GRANITE PATH AND RELICS HAD BEEN FOUND SO FAR.

HE POINTED OUT THAT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE WALL WOULD BE DEMARCATED IN THE FUTURE PARK AND PART OF THE ORIGINAL WALL WOULD BE EXPOSED AS EXHIBIT TO THE PUBLIC.

"YAMEN", THE OLD ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE IN THE CITY, WOULD BE RESTORED TO FORM THE FOCUS OF THE PARK. NORTH ENTRANCE GATES WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED TO MAKE CHARACTER OF THE SITE MORE EXPLICIT.

KOWLOON WALLED THE SOUTH AND THE HISTORIC

THE PARK WILL ALSO BE COMPLETE WITH PLANTS AND CLASSICAL CHINESE SCULPTURES AS WELL AS A KID KINGDOM.

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THREE OLD WELLS WILL BE RESERVED AS A SPECIAL USED TO PROVIDE WATER FOR GARDENING. OTHER RELICS, SUCH AS STONE TABLETS AND COLUMN BASES, WILL BE PLACED AT SUITABLE LOCATIONS TO ENHANCE VISITORS' INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF THE SITE.

ALSO OFFICIATING AT TODAY'S OPENING SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR JAMES THE URBAN COUNCIL RECREATION SELECT COMMITTEE, THE DIRECTOR OF URBAN SERVICES, MR ALBERT LAM.

CEREMONY WERE THE 30, THE CHAIRMAN OF MR RONNIE WONG, AND

AFTER THE EXHIBITION AT THE HONG KONG CULTURE CENTRE CLOSES ON JANUARY 17, IT WILL BE HELD AT THE CONSERVATORY OF THE HONG KONG PARK BETWEEN JANUARY 18 TO 31; THE LOBBY OF THE URBAN COUNCIL'S INDOOR GAMES HALL AT JAVA ROAD, NORTH POINT BETWEEN FEBRUARY 1 TO 7: THE ARCADE IN KOWLOON PARK BETWEEN FEBRUARY 8 AND 20; AND PHASE ONE OF THE LOK FU MARBLE BLACK MALL BETWEEN FEBRUARY 21 TO 28.

CONSTRUCTION WORK ON THE PARK WILL START EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR.

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