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Conclusively speaking, the visit, which was arranged by the State Bureau of Cultural Relics, was very fruitful in achieving the goals and opening up more contacts with the professionals in China apart from understanding more thoroughly the policy of the Chinese authorities towards heritage preservation in Hong Kong after 1997.

The delegation comprised the Chairman of AAB, Professor David Lung, three Committee Chairmen of the Board, namely Dr Michael Lau, Chairman of the Archaeological and Palaeontological Committee, Dr Elizabeth Sinn, Chairman of the Historical Buildings and Structures Committee and Ms Jane Cheng, Chairman of the Education and Publicity Committee.

The delegation was accompanied by the Principal Assistant Secretary, Mr Raymond Tam and representatives of the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Branch.

During the visit, the delegation had called on the State Bureau of Cultural Relics, the Bureau of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Culture, the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the State Council, the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Science, the Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeontology of Academia Sinica, the National Museum of Chinese History, the Palace Museum, the School of Architecture of Tsinghua University and the Department of Archaeology of the Beijing University.

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Recommendation to declare five lighthouses as monuments

At its meeting held yesterday (Tuesday), the Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) recommended that the Nam Koo Terrace be declared as historical building and five lighthouses as monuments under the Antiquities and Monument Ordinance. The five lighthouses are:

(i) Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse on Hong Kong Island

(ii)

Old Green Island Lighthouse on Green Island (iii) New Green Island Lighthouse on Green Island (iv) Kap Sing Lighthouse on Tang Lung Chau

(v)

Waglan Island Lighthouse on Wagland Island

The Board also endorsed the proposal to organise the "Year of Heritage" in 1997 to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of AAB and the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO).