Historical heritage: King Yin Lei at 45 Stubbs Road has been declared a monument.

The Secretary for Development has declared King Yin Lei at 45 Stubbs Road a monument under the Antiquities & Monuments Ordinance. The declaration covers the entire site, including the main building, the gardens and the pavilion.

The owner will surrender the whole site to the Government, while the Government will grant an adjacent man-made slope site of roughly the same size to the owner for new residential development.

The owner has agreed to carry out the restoration works on the building under the supervision of the Antiquities & Monuments Office at his own cost.

The restoration works will be carried out in two phases. The first will cover restoration of the roof tiles while the second will focus on the restoration of external walls and internal decoration.

The first phase will start around October this year and all the restoration works are expected to be completed in 2010.

The owner's representative is now sourcing manufacturers in Guangdong Province to produce the more than 50,000 glazed roof tiles. It is estimated to take two to three months to fire this number of tiles.