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Lo Wai was constructed as a village enclosed by brick walls on four sides. Its entrance tower has been relocated from the north to its present position in the east to improve "fung shui". The layout and most of the original walls of the village have been retained.
The village is the first of the five renowned walled villages (wais) in Lung Yeuk Tau established by the Tang clan whose ancestors branched from the main Tang settlement in Kam Tin in the 13th Century.
The other four "wais" are Mat Wat Wai, Tung Kok Wai, Wing Ning Wai and Kun Lung Wai (also known as Sun Wai).
The Tangs in Lung Yeuk Tau have claims to royal descent as one of their ancestors, Tang Wai-kap, married a Southern Song princess, Wong Koo (1127-1279). The soul tablet of the princess is still worshipped in the main ancestral hall, the Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, in the village.
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Regulation on whaling
The Whaling Industry (Regulation) Regulation, to be gazetted tomorrow (Friday), supplements the Whaling Industry (Regulation) Ordinance enacted on December 19, 1996 to localise UK laws giving whales protection from commercial whaling activities.
The Regulation sets out the conditions to be attached to a licence authorising the use of a ship or an aircraft registered in Hong Kong, or a factory situated in Hong Kong, for whaling activities. The conditions relate mainly to the keeping of operational records.
The Regulation also prescribes fees payable in connection with an application for a licence to conduct whaling activities.
The Regulation, which will be table in the Legislative Council on 5 February, 1997, completes the exercise to localise the relevant UK laws. There are no whaling activities in Hong Kong waters.
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