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 .
4-647: The 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 . Construction 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
8-487: 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. 22°16′46″N 114°10′52″E / 22.2794°N 114.1811°E / 22.2794; 114.1811 Praya Reclamation Scheme The Praya Reclamation Scheme ( Chinese : 海旁填海計劃 )
12-560: Was a large scale land reclamation project carried out by the Hong Kong Land company in 19th Century Hong Kong under Sir Catchick Paul Chater and James Johnstone Keswick . The project was first proposed in 1855, but many merchants with private piers on the waterfront objected to the scheme. The first reclamation project eventually began in 1868 and was completed in 1873. It added significant land to Praya Central , which later became present-day Des Voeux Road . The second project
16-574: Was revived by the Tai-pan of The Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company in July 1887. It did not commence until February 1890, and as it was significantly larger than the first, the completion was between 1903 and 1904. There were discrepancies in the number of acres actually gained from the entire project: some sources claimed it added 59 acres (240,000 m ) of land to Hong Kong 's Central waterfront and Statue Square , while some indicated that
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