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distinctive character of the interior and the high

public amenity value which the house and its

grounds possess led the Committee to decide that

Flagstaff House and its grounds should be preserved

as a specialized museum in a park setting for the

enjoyment of the public.

12.

The Committee has considered the following

factors in its recommendation to retain Flagstaff

House as a specialised museum and was assisted in

its deliberations by the Curator of the Hong Kong

Museum of History:

(a) General Suitability

Flagstaff House, being a nineteenth

century building, would be ideal for

displaying exhibits of that period

and it would not duplicate the museum

in the proposed cultural centre at

Tsim Sha Tsui. The size of the

building, the limitation of floor

loadings and the need to protect the

fabric of the building pointed to

the necessity of limiting the number

of people visiting the House at any

one time. The main exhibit should

be the building itself with historical

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