Preserving Hong Kong’s subway archaeological sites will cost up to $700,000 more

But it looks like the government is leaning towards the cheapest option, which is to move the wells to another place.

Medieval well may be moved from To Kwa Wan station construction site
South China Morning Post, 23 November 2014

Saving ancient wells: money down the drain? [Link no longer active]
The Standard, 21 November 2014

MTR redesign in HK$4.1 billion plan to display relics at rail link
South China Morning Post, 21 November 2014

Let’s be less dogmatic on relics in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, 21 November 2014

Development minister Paul Chan Mo-po yesterday dropped the strongest hint yet that the government will take the cheapest option and move a medieval well which has delayed progress on the under-construction To Kwa Wan MTR station.

Chan, whose brief includes heritage policy, said in an interview with TVB’s On the Record that the well would look similar to its present state even if it was moved and reassembled elsewhere.

The well concerned dates back to the Song (960-1279) or Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties and is one of the most valuable finds among an extensive trove of relics dug out of the new station, part of the Sha Tin-Central link.

While the government last week put forward a proposal to preserve seven other archaeological features in situ at a total cost of HK$4.1 billion, the future of the well was left open, with four options presented including removal and reconstruction.

Full story here.