Praya East Reclamation Scheme (Chinese: 海旁東填海計劃) was a large scale land reclamation project in Colonial Hong Kong lasting from 1921 to 1931 under Sir Catchick Paul Chater.[2]
| Praya East Reclamation Scheme | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 海旁東填海計劃 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 海旁东填海计划 | ||||||||||
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Proposal
editThe plan was first proposed while the existing Praya Reclamation Scheme was already active in 1897. Construction did not start until 20 years later when the Royal Navy agreed to relocate the Naval hospital to Stonecutters Island.[2]
Reclamation scheme
editConstruction work started at the junction of present-day Hennessy Road and Johnston Road to Percival Street. The main goal was to relieve the population density in Victoria City. The project ended up expanding Central to Wan Chai.
One of the reasons for the reclamation scheme was to provide an enhanced water supply. A cross-harbour pipeline brought water all the way from the New Territories in 1930, the same year that the reclamation scheme was completed.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Brief Information on Proposed Grade II Items. Item #356 Archived 2013-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Amo.gov.hk Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ubertini, Lucio. Rodda, John Carrol. [2004] (2004). The Basis of Civilization - Water Science. ISBN 1-901502-57-0
