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    The Praya Reclamation Scheme (Chinese: 海旁填海計劃) was a large scale land reclamation project carried out by the Hong Kong Land company in 19th Century Hong...
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    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...
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    Praya areas were named after him. The long names are usually "Bowring Praya East", "Bowring Praya Central" for example. The Praya Reclamation Scheme began...
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    adding 70 square kilometres (27 sq mi) of land. In Hong Kong the Praya Reclamation Scheme added 20 to 24 hectares (50 to 60 acres) of land in 1890 during...
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    during the Colonial Hong Kong era. It significantly expanded the land around Praya Central. The old airport, Kai Tak, was located In Kowloon and part of the...
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    trading centre. Throughout its history, the harbour has seen numerous reclamation projects undertaken on both shores, many of which have caused controversy...
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    City) underwent a series of reclamations under then-Governor Sir John Bowring. The first phase of the Praya Reclamation Scheme had a direct effect on this...
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    organizations such as the Sinaloa cartel) or setting up large scale tax avoidance schemes. After the British established Hong Kong as a crown colony in the aftermath...
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    Central the heart of Hong Kong.[citation needed] In 1904, the Praya Reclamation Scheme added 59 acres (24 ha) of land to Central's waterfront. Many of...
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    Johnstone Keswick. Hong Kong Land commenced the land reclamation project under the Praya Reclamation Scheme in 1890. Persuaded by the suggestion of temporary...
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    Des Voeux Road West and Des Voeux Road Central in 1890 after the Praya Reclamation Scheme. Bowrington, or Bowring City, is an area Bowring originally built...
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    at the end of the nineteenth century on land reclaimed by the Praya Reclamation Scheme. The idea of a square of statues dedicated to royalty was conceived...
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    figure in early colonial Hong Kong, who was instrumental in the Praya Reclamation Scheme, which created the reclaimed land on which the road is built. Chater...
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    Rebellion 1853 Chinese serial 1854 1855 John Bowring First proposal of Praya Reclamation Scheme Battle of Ty-ho Bay 1856 Second Opium War 1859 Hercules Robinson...
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    Pedder's Wharf on the Praya. The street was extended north by 1904 when the Praya Reclamation Scheme finished transforming the old Praya into the modern day...
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  • public work, such as the Clock Tower Fountain in Statue Square, the Praya Reclamation Scheme, Queen's Building, the adjacent Prince's Building, Robert Leigh...
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    British in 1860. Both partners also participated in the great Praya Reclamation Scheme of 1887. Mody contributed towards the founding of University of...
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    the 1880s, the colonial government of Hong Kong initiated the Praya Reclamation Scheme to expand the amount of land available in the city. However, the...
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    Street Sands Street Hau Wo Street Ka Wai Man Road Kennedy Town Praya (堅彌地城海旁) New Praya, Kennedy Town (堅彌地城新海旁) North Street Pokfield Road (蒲飛路) Smithfield...
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    next reclamation project in Wan Chai was the Praya East Reclamation Scheme. The coastline was extended to today's Gloucester Road. The reclamation after...
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    1890s, a period of intense construction ensued, spurred by the Praya Reclamation Scheme, which gave the city a large chunk of what is now Central's core...
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    Hong Kong. It was built in 1932 on land reclaimed under the Praya East Reclamation Scheme (1921–1929) and faced directly onto Victoria Harbour from the...
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    opened in March 1892. During the reclamation from 1922 to 1929 that created modern Wan Chai (the Praya East Reclamation Scheme) a wider bridge (100 foot width)...
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    Wan Chai Reclamation. Third generation: since 2014 At the end of the Wan Chai reclamation from 1922 to 1929 (Praya East Reclamation Scheme), a pier "120...
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    the 1920s Wanchai Reclamation (Praya East Reclamation Scheme), starting at Johnston Road (this was the waterfront before reclamation) to Gloucester Road...
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    Island in Hong Kong. The hill was at the seashore until the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s, which used its constituent rock/earth to reclaim...
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    probably built in the 1930s, following the completion of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme of 1921–1931. Initially used as a commercial building, it was...
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    the company moved its headquarters from the Praya, or Connaught Road following the Praya Reclamation Scheme, to Douglas Street, Central. In Formosa, the...
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    materials used to reclaim land from the harbour, under the Praya East Reclamation Scheme. Although associated with Queen's Road Central and Queen's Road...
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    linguist and Colonial Secretary. The hill was levelled Praya at the time of the Praya East Reclamation Scheme in the 1920s which used its constituent rock/earth...
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