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Financial implications
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The declaration of the carvings as a monument will involve expenditure on protection and recurrent maintenance. The cost of protection will be met by one of the private owners who has agreed to provide a protecting glass, a display board and to undertake the necessary geotechnical work, according to supplied specifications. The annually recurrent cost of maintenance will be minimal. If necessary, the cost may be borne by Government if the owners are unable to contribute financially.
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Under section 8(1) of the Ordinance, compensation may be payable, subject to the prior approval of the Governor, to the owner or lawful occupier of a monument in respect of financial loss suffered or likely to be suffered by reason of the exercise by the Authority of the powers specified in section 5. However, as the owners have not objected to tis declaration, the possibility of a claim is remote.
Public Reaction and Publicity
7
The declaration of the Cheung Chau rock carving as a monument is likely to attract favourable public reaction, in the same manner as the five other rock carvings already declared as monuments. If this recommendation is approved, suitable publicity will be arranged.
Advice Sought
8
Members will be asked to advise whether the Cheung Chau rock carving should be declared a monument under section 3(1) of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Chapter 53) by reason of its historical significance.
(The Director of Urban Services (Mr B.D. WILSON) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item).
23rd November 1981
(HAB L/M (19) to 3231/65)
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Cheung Chau
Youth Centre
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ANTIQUITIES & MONUMENTS
& MONUMENTS ORDINANCE (CAP. 53)
PLAN OF ANCIENT ROCK CARVING AT CHEUNG CHAU
DEPOSITED IN THE DISTRICT LAND OFFICE, ISLANDS, UNDER SEC. 3 (4)
SERIAL No. NTM 6
+63
TUNG WAN
Playground
SPORTS
ROAD
Cheung
Chau Hospital
+5.1
+8.9
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HWM
Flat Rocks
HAK
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+6.4
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SA UM LOSSUMS/63 G
C.C.L.1147
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28
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POSITION OF ROCK CARVING
ROAD
5.1+
2A
SPORTS
17
( Heights in metres }
SCALE 1:1 000
كتلت تلتا
HWM
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PROVISIONAL
Shap Long
CHI MA WAN
PENINSULA/ 芝麻灣坐駕
石鼓洲)
喜靈洲
Hei Ling
Chau
天后!
Tin Hau
LOCATION OF
Miy
ROCK CARVING
ZA
長洲
Cheung Chau
Chi Ma
Rang
KEY PLAN
SCALE 1:100 000
EDGED
RED AREA 70 m2 (ABOUT)
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SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES
DATE
Crown Lands & Survey Office. Hong Kong
SURVEY SHEFT No 16. NW- 200.
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MEMORANDUM FOR EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
DESK OF
Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance
(Chapter 53)
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PROPOSED DECLARATION OF ISLAND HOUSE,
TAI PO, NEW TERRITORIES, AS A MONUMENT
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Introduction
Under Section 3(1) of the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance (Chapter 53), the Authority may, after consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board and with the approval of the Governor, declare any place, building, site or structure which the Authority considers to be of public interest by reason of its historical, archaeological, or palaeontological significance to be a monument.
2
The Antiquities Advisory Board has advised, and the Secretary for the New Territories, has proposed, that Island House, Tai Po, (as shown on the plan at Appendix A), should be declared a monument by reason of its historical significance.
Background
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Island House is an elegant-looking two storey building standing on a hill on what was formerly a small island near the head of Tolo Harbour but connected now to the mainland by a causeway. Built in 1905 not long after the signing of the New Territories lease in 1898, Island House was intended as quarters for the then District Officer North. It has been associated ever since with the New Territories Administration and provides an interesting historical link with the New Territories in its present form. Constructed of red brick in lime mortar and covered for the most part in rough-cast plaster, the building comprises a dining room, sitting room, hall, bedrooms, and the usual offices, with verandahs on the ground and first floors in the colonial style of the turn of the century. One corner of the building contains a tower that used to house a beacon light for navigation. A small detached building at a lower level serves as servants' quarters, beneath which are the former stables.
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