conclusion, although the location where the objects were found matched where the ship sank, the expert said.

In late 2014, a contractor unearthed a big object beneath the seabed while dredging near the old Wan Chai ferry pier amid work on the Central-Wan Chai bypass construction project.

In March 2015, the CEDD commissioned a marine archaeologist to conduct a preliminary assessment.

Following the initial findings, the CEDD said on Tuesday that it will shortly commission a detailed marine archaeological investigation of the metal object to ascertain its identity and heritage value.

Andrew Lam, who chairs the Antiquities Advisory Board, was quoted by Ming Pao Daily as saying that the agency's members will go through the report in an official meeting.

He said it is too early to talk about conservation efforts as itDevidas Gaonkar is a poet and journalist, and a proud member of the indigenous Velip tribe. He lives in a remote forest reserve not far from the beautiful and touristic beaches of South Goa. Devidas dropped out of school in 2003 because there was no money for education, and of boredom if he had note found film-making, his passion. One of the earliest members of Video Volunteers, Devidas has used camera and storytelling to document the struggles of his own community against the rampages of mining, focusing on the environment, tribal rights and fading traditions, all of which found no…

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