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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1994

THE QUARTERLY BULLETIN WILL BE

PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY, MAY,

FROM THE PRESS

AUGUST AND NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR. THE PUBLICATION, ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, MAY ALSO BE ORDERED AND PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THE HKMA.

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RECEPTION DESK. A NEWS BRIEFING

ARE

AVAILABLE TO THE WILL BE HELD AT

PRESS AT HKMA'S 2.30 PM ON 30TH FLOOR, 3 GARDEN RAOD TO INTRODUCE THE BULLETIN.

STUDY HALL EXTERIOR DECLARED "DEEMED MONUMENT"

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THE

EXTERIOR OF THE ENTRANCE HALL OF SHUT HING STUDY TONG FONG TSUEN, PING SHAN, YUEN LONG, HAS BEEN DECLARED A MONUMENT" BY THE GOVERNOR.

HALL AT "DEEMED

THE SHUT HING STUDY HALL WAS BUILT IN THE 13TH YEAR OF TONGZHI REIGN (1874) IN THE LATE QING DYNASTY BY TANG KWAN-SHEK TO COMMEMORATE HIS FATHER TANG SHUT-HING.

THE TANGS OF PING SHAN HAVE BRANCHED OUT FROM KAM TIN AND HAVE SETTLED IN THE PING SHAN AREA SINCE THE 12TH CENTURY.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH TODAY (WEDNESDAY) SAID THE STUDY HALL OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE TYPE, BUILT BY CRAFTSMEN AND MASONS FROM GUANGDONG.

WAS

IT WAS ORIGINALLY A TWO-HALL BUILDING WITH A CENTRAL COURTYARD SEPARATED BY A SPLENDID ARCH.

THIS ELABORATELY BUILT STUDY HALL WAS UNFORTUNATELY

DEMOLISHED

IN 1977, LEAVING ONLY THE ENTRANCE HALL.

THE

REMAINING

THE SPOKESMAN SAID: "THE OVERALL DECORATION OF ENTRANCE HALL FULLY REFLECTS THE BYGONE SPLENDOUR OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING.

"ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY IS THE ARTISTIC EXECUTION OF THE PAIR OF DOOR-GOD IMAGES WHICH ARE RATED BY MANY AS THE BEST FOUND IN HONG KONG SO FAR.'

THE STRUCTURE AND DECORATIONS OF THE ENTRANCE HALL REMAIN IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORMS.

ALTHOUGH

SOUND,

THE ENTRANCE HALL IS STRUCTURALLY

ITS DECORATION WORKS REQUIRE FULL RESTORATION TO BRING IT BACK ΤΟ ITS ORIGINAL SPLENDOUR.

RESTORATION WORK IS NOW BEING CARRIED OUT AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED EARLY NEXT YEAR.

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