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Praya East Reclamation Scheme

Coastal construction in Hong KongLand reclamationWan Chai District
Wan Chai Police Station 1932
Wan Chai Police Station 1932

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.

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Praya East Reclamation Scheme
Hennessy Road, Hong Kong Island Causeway Bay (Wan Chai District)

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Hennessy Road
Hong Kong Island, Causeway Bay (Wan Chai District)
Hong Kong, China
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Wan Chai Police Station 1932
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